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Word on the Hill: What’s Buzzing Around the Capitol

Franken gets skewered, Swalwell takes offense, and thanks but no thanks

David Barrows, dressed as a billionaire, protests in front of the Capitol as the Senate moved closer to a vote on its tax reform plan on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Alex Gangitano

Posted December 1, 2017 at 7:57am

We’re all over Capitol Hill and its surrounding haunts looking for good stories. And some of the best ones are those that we come across while reporting the big ones.

There is life beyond legislating, and this is the place for those stories. We look for them, but we don’t find them all. We want to know what you see, too.

Send tips, clips & whatever hot goss you’ve got to HOH@rollcall.com, tweet at us at @HeardontheHill or send them directly to Alex Gangitano, our Heard on the Hill reporter, at AlexGangitano@rollcall.com.

Here’s the word on the Hill for today:

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