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

McCain plugs new book, weekend graduation speeches, and Akaka gets mural treatment

Tourists walk past the dome of the U.S. Capitol as rain falls on the Washington area last week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Tourists walk past the dome of the U.S. Capitol as rain falls on the Washington area last week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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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