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Speier opens up, Maloney looks back, and Rubio has dibs on Dolphins job

A member of the military salutes as the casket of the late George H.W. Bush is carried into the Capitol to lie in state in the Rotunda on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A member of the military salutes as the casket of the late George H.W. Bush is carried into the Capitol to lie in state in the Rotunda on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Roll Call Staff
Posted December 4, 2018 at 10:37am

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.

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