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

Train station for Slaughter, award for Lewis, and a new photo of McCain

Chairman Charlie Dent, R-Pa., talks with an aide during a House Appropriations Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

By Alex Gangitano

Posted March 19, 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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