If you want to get to the GOP retreat, you have to get through Kathryn Lyons first

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If you want to get to the GOP retreat, you have to get through Kathryn Lyons first

The road to Baltimore goes through Heard on the Hill

Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole shows off his reading materials for Thursday’s bus ride to the House Republicans’ retreat in Baltimore. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Posted September 12, 2019 at 5:45pm

House Republicans bussed out to Baltimore on Thursday afternoon for their delayed legislative retreat. But before they could get out of D.C., they had one last contentious item to address: questions from Heard on the Hill’s Kathryn Lyons.

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