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#Flashback Friday: The Heard on the Hill ‘Blotto Files’

Five years ago, a time to reflect on drunken misdeeds

The August 6, 2013 Heard on the Hill went through “The Blotto Files” of congressional staffers who hit the sauce a little too hard. (Jason Dick/CQ Roll Call)
The August 6, 2013 Heard on the Hill went through “The Blotto Files” of congressional staffers who hit the sauce a little too hard. (Jason Dick/CQ Roll Call)

“Sometimes Hill staffers hit the sauce a little too hard,” Heard on the Hill reminded readers during the first full week of August recess five years ago. 

Followed, as outlined by HOH columnist Warren Rojas, was a rundown of “The Blotto Files” of congressional staffer misdeeds, including Rep. Rick Larsen’s “December to Remember” crew, and Rep. Steven Palazzo’s party-time Annapolis staff. 

For the full #Flashback Friday, read: “The Blotto Files: Congressional Staffers’ Greatest Misses.”

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