Word on the Hill: What’s Buzzing on Capitol Hill? – Roll Call

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

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Students march to the Capitol on Pennsylvania Avenue on Friday to call on Congress to act on gun violence prevention during a national walkout. Friday was the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

By Alex Gangitano

Posted April 23, 2018 at 9:22am

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:

Recent Stories

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies Tuesday during the Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing.

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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., seen here at a committee hearing on Sept. 16, 2025, sought the addition of the funds to the immigration enforcement funding measure. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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Capitol Police are seen on Constitution Avenue on May 16. Changing the current retirement waiver age could solve some — but not all — of the force’s staffing challenges, according to the police union.

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Chair Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., speaks alongside members of the Congressional Black Caucus at an April news conference on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. This week the group announced it was united in opposing a college sports bill, calling on the NCAA to use its power to speak out against a redistricting push in Southern states.

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