April Is the Cruelest (Rainiest) Month – Roll Call

April Is the Cruelest (Rainiest) Month

By Jason Dick

Posted April 30, 2013 at 4:38pm

Pity the tourists who made this week their preferred time to visit the nation’s capital:

Tourists donned plastic parkas on Monday for their tours around the capital. (CQ Roll Call) — Tourists donned plastic parkas on Monday for their tours around the capital. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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