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Statehouse beat: Awkward abounds in December
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- April may be the cruelest month, but December is the most awkward month, at least at the Legislature.
After elections, December interims bring an uncomfortable mingling of lame-duck legislators trying to squeeze in a few more days in Charleston, often coming face-to-face with the incoming freshmen who beat them on Election Day a month earlier.
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Statehouse beat: Awkward abounds in December
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- April may be the cruelest month, but December is the most awkward month, at least at the Legislature.
After elections, December interims bring an uncomfortable mingling of lame-duck legislators trying to squeeze in a few more days in Charleston, often coming face-to-face with the incoming freshmen who beat them on Election Day a month earlier.
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