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Photo of the Week: Boots on the Ground

By Roll Call Staff
Posted February 2, 2010 at 5:11pm

[IMGCAP(1)]Neither rain nor snow nor a hefty stack of freshly printed budget books will keep a Capitol Hill staffer from assisting the boss. Thomas Kahn, chief counsel for the House Budget Committee, and Chairman John Spratt (D-S.C.) leave a press conference Monday after discussing the president’s new budget proposal.

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