Capitol Quip: This Caption Had Just The Right Bloom

By Jason Dick

Posted April 14, 2013 at 7:00pm

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Thanks to the many readers who contributed captions for last week’s Capitol Quip contest. Here’s the winning entry as voted by readers of Heard on the Hill.

The winner will receive a signed color print suitable for framing from Roll Call cartoonist R.J. Matson.

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