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

Tsongas enjoys the view one last time, Love still scratching her head over Trump, and Burr’s birthday ‘Thing’

Trash is piled up outside of Rep. Trey Gowdy’s former office in the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday as retiring and non-returning members of Congress clear out of their offices. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Roll Call Staff

Posted November 30, 2018 at 10:33am

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 it. We look, but we don’t find everything. 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. Here’s the word on the Hill for today:

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