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Rafael Evelio Sarabia, dressed as Santa Claus on horseback, waves to passing traffic along Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas on Saturday. Mandalay Bay hotel, used by the gunman in the nation’s deadliest shooting in modern history, is seen in the background. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rafael Evelio Sarabia, dressed as Santa Claus on horseback, waves to passing traffic along Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas on Saturday. Mandalay Bay hotel, used by the gunman in the nation’s deadliest shooting in modern history, is seen in the background. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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 and 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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