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

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Reps. Brian Mast, R-Fla., left, and Randy Weber, R-Texas, board a bus on the east front of the Capitol before House and Senate Republicans head to the White House to celebrate the passing of the tax bill with President Trump on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Reps. Brian Mast, R-Fla., left, and Randy Weber, R-Texas, board a bus on the east front of the Capitol before House and Senate Republicans head to the White House to celebrate the passing of the tax bill with President Trump on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/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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