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Watch Hoyer Whip, Beto’s Mom’s Photos and Fashionable Interruptions: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted September 14, 2018 at 5:49pm

By Thomas McKinless

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Observances of Rosh Hashanah and fear of inclement weather made for another short week on Capitol Hill, but House members still found time to appear on the Late Show, complain about press events in the Rayburn Room and, in the case of Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, entertain rap-based marketing suggestions to the tune of Silentó’s “Watch Me.” Thumbnail photo: Speaker Paul D. Ryan is seen through a wall clock speaking during a press conference alongside House Republican Leaders on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. (Photo By Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

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