Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill

By Rachael Bade

Posted April 8, 2011 at 5:47pm

“Today we gained our 5,000th follower.”

— Sen. Dick Lugar in a Friday morning tweet. The Indiana Republican celebrated his social-media popularity while most Members frantically tweeted about the looming government shutdown.

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