Vote For Your Favorite Lights Out Capitol Quip!

By Rebecca Gale

Posted June 3, 2015 at 10:25am

Just because the lights are out doesn’t mean I still can’t hear you…
This is taking black ops to the extreme don’t you think?
Something tells me lights off doesn’t mean lights out.
I thought it was NASA that looked into black holes, not NSA…
Psst, the coast is clear!

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

The cartoon with the winning caption will appear on this blog Saturday 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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