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Free ice cream, another Schumer and McConnell claps back

Blue ribbons, a rose, and a copy of Roll Call's coverage were on display at the annual United States Capitol Police memorial service on Tuesday honoring the four USCP officers who have died in the line of duty. This year is the 20th anniversary of the deaths of Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson while protecting the U.S. Capitol from a gunman on July 24, 1998. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Blue ribbons, a rose, and a copy of Roll Call's coverage were on display at the annual United States Capitol Police memorial service on Tuesday honoring the four USCP officers who have died in the line of duty. This year is the 20th anniversary of the deaths of Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson while protecting the U.S. Capitol from a gunman on July 24, 1998. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Alex Gangitano
Posted May 9, 2018 at 10:24am

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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