Vote for Your Favorite Capitol Quip

By Jason Dick

Posted February 19, 2014 at 4:31pm

The five finalists for this week’s caption contest are ready for your votes.

Using the comments section below, vote for your favorite caption until 5 p.m. ET Thursday.

Here are this week’s finalists:

Do you think closing the government for the day will help?
I knew there was something wrong when the SuperPAC “Committee Against Elected Federal Officials” gave us this free ski trip!
At least something is moving on Capitol Hill.
“Only a flurry of voter fury,” you said?!
Quite frankly, I don’t think it cares about the Red-Blue construct.

The cartoon with the winning caption will appear on this blog on Feb. 23 and in the following print edition of Roll Call. The contest winner will receive a signed color print of his or her Capitol Quip cartoon from the cartoonist, R.J. Matson.

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