Capitol Lens: Beat the Heat

By Douglas Graham

Posted June 22, 2012 at 3:03pm

Kevin Stockert, a staff assistant for the Senate Budget Committee, loads up a tray at the 30th annual Capitol Hill Ice Cream Party in Upper Senate Park Thursday, when the temperature in Washington topped out at 99 degrees.

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