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Heard on the Hill: Preserving the Memory

By Elizabeth Brotherton and Alison McSherry
Posted January 26, 2011 at 6:00pm

Turns out even Members of Congress ask for autographs. Each other’s autographs, that is.

An HOH tipster watching the address from the gallery spotted Reps. Peter King (R-N.Y.), Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) passing their copies of the official State of the Union program to one another. The reason? All three signed the programs for one another.

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