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

First woman senator honored in Wales, following in Sanders’ footsteps off on wrong foot, and health update on Cramer’s son

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes his way to meeting with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes his way to meeting with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Alex Gangitano
Posted March 7, 2018 at 9:58am

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

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 all your hot goss 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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