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

More Bono backlash, Graves chips in on LSU fine, and The Dude rallying for Tester

(Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
(Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
By Alex Gangitano
Posted October 16, 2018 at 9:58am

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 (202) 922-6697 on Signal or 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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