Skip to content
RollCall logo

Capitol Lens: Poster Child

By Douglas Graham
Posted July 18, 2012 at 3:34pm

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin talks with Carly Loew, 11, and her mother, Michelle, of Carroll, Iowa, in the Russell Senate Office Building on Tuesday. Carly was the Hawkeye State winner of the Tar Wars poster contest, an anti-smoking campaign. The work of Carly and the other winners can be seen at tarwars.org.

Recent Stories

Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, seen here in July 2022, said they got kicked out of their prime workspaces in the Capitol amid this week’s speaker fallout.

‘Mean and petty’: Democrats slam hideaway evictions of Hoyer, Pelosi

Rep. Kevin McCarthy was removed from his leadership post after a bloc of Republicans rebelled over his handling of budget issues.

After disappointing election, McCarthy reign was rocky from the start

Rep. Patrick McHenry, seen here in July, is suddenly back in the limelight.

How Patrick McHenry went from partisan ‘attack dog’ to holding the fate of the House in his hands

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., makes his way to the House floor Tuesday for votes that led to his ouster as speaker.

‘Type A’ personalities paralyze House after historic McCarthy ouster

Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., speaks to reporters in the Will Rogers Corridor in the Capitol on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.

House uncertainty puts shutdown specter right back on the table

Some of Congress' relatively small changes to the defense budget escape scrutiny.

Congress made $80 billion-plus in changes to defense budget