Skip to content
RollCall logo

Overheard on the Hill

By Warren Rojas
Posted May 17, 2012 at 12:01am

“Kucinich: not running in Washington State … Congress loses talented, if left leaning, ventriloquist and stand up comic. Great at DC Improv.”

– Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist on fellow “Funniest Celebrity in Washington” contestant Rep. Dennis Kucinich via Twitter. Doesn’t sound like he’ll miss Kucinich’s politics much, but he’s obviously heartbroken about no more stand-up.

Recent Stories

The Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building is seen from the observation area at the top of Capitol Dome. A power struggle at the library has become an unexpected focal point for questions of legislative branch authority.

As Library of Congress crisis deepens, lawmakers tread carefully

Speaker Mike Johnson, seen here in April, was slow to appoint members to the Office of Congressional Conduct, compared to previous House leaders.

After delay, Johnson appoints ethics watchdog board members

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee earlier this month.

States challenge immigration cooperation requirements for grants

Capitol Lens | Markup interuptus

Then-Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and then-Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., the vice chairman, hold a media availability following the committee's closed hearing into the attempted Times Square bomb attack on Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

Four-term former Missouri Sen. Christopher Bond dead at 86