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Members of Congress stream down the House steps after the final votes of the week in the Capitol on February 9. On days when members are scheduled to leave or arrive in Washington, the number of members voting by proxy increases.

Thank goodness it’s fly-out day: Proxy voting rises when Congress smells jet fumes

By Chris Cioffi
Posted October 5, 2022 at 6:45am
Chairman Derek Kilmer, right, and Vice Chair William R. Timmons IV attend a Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress markup last year.

‘We’re in a hurry’: ModCom makes 23 new recommendations and revisits an old one in 3 minutes flat

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 29, 2022 at 2:01pm
Sesha Joi Moon, seen here outside the Capitol in September, is the new director of the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

How to help future staffers find Congress? Show them they belong

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 29, 2022 at 6:30am
Jim Karamanis, left, and Andrew Weber remember the “massive” task of building a new website for Congress. Above, they pose last week in the Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building.

Even websites have birthdays: Congress’ just turned 10

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 29, 2022 at 5:45am
Reps. Zoe Lofgren, right, and Liz Cheney saw their proposal to revise the Electoral Count Act speed through the House. But rougher waters are ahead.

Jan. 6 committee-led elections bill passes House, but has an uncertain Senate future

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 21, 2022 at 5:27pm
Dean Swihart, husband of the late Rep. Jackie Walorski, plays “Amazing Grace” in Statuary Hall on Tuesday night.

‘Can I play my saxophone?’: Husband to Jackie Walorski performs at lawmakers’ memorial

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 20, 2022 at 9:23pm
Senate Rules and Administration Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar and ranking member Roy Blunt announced the panel will take up a bill Sept. 27 to overhaul the Electoral Count Act.

Panels in both chambers to take up presidential elector overhauls

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 16, 2022 at 1:28pm, Updated at 2:48pm
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., said overhauling what Congress and the vice president can do when certifying the count of electors will provide voters certainty about their votes in presidential elections.

Bipartisan House bill aims to overhaul electoral count

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 14, 2022 at 5:47pm
Chairman Derek Kilmer right, and Rep. Rodney Davis attend the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress in June. Davis said Wednesday he would support creating a modernization subcommittee on the House Administration Committee.

This ‘weird committee’ isn’t calling it quits quite yet

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 14, 2022 at 2:58pm
Usually played in June, the Congressional Women’s Softball Game returns Wednesday night. Above, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Andrea Mitchell attend the game last year, held at Watkins Recreation Center in Southeast Washington.

‘One night a year’: Softball game gets personal for Sen. Amy Klobuchar

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 13, 2022 at 6:15am
It was never meant to last. But members of the House Modernization Committee hope to see their work carried on. From left, Rep. Rodney Davis, Chair Derek Kilmer, and Vice Chair William R. Timmons IV attend a hearing in June.

They tried to modernize Congress. Now time is running out

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 13, 2022 at 5:30am
As the first Democratic Haitian American to serve in Congress, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick feels a sense of urgency and destiny.

‘There needs to be a voice’ for Haitian Americans, says Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 8, 2022 at 6:15am
Seats are reserved for staff at the House Armed Services Committee hearing in this archive photo. A new survey of staffers found disparities in pay raises for women and staffers of color.

Survey: Budget boost raised Hill pay, but disparities remain

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 1, 2022 at 5:30am
Florida Rep. Charlie Crist is resigning after winning the Democratic nomination for governor, a post he previously held as a Republican.

Charlie Crist resigning House seat after winning gubernatorial primary

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 31, 2022 at 12:14pm
Joe Quattrone cuts the hair of Francesco Hanson, staff assistant for Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., in the House barbershop in the Rayburn House Office Building on Aug. 9. He is retiring at the end of the month.

He was Congress’ barber for 50 years. Now he’s hanging up his shears

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 18, 2022 at 1:24pm
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., says his Fox News appearances can “make people not fear the caricature.”

Not a ‘monster’: Why Rep. Ro Khanna still goes on Fox News

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 10, 2022 at 6:15am
Rep. Kat Cammack, right, and Emily Goodin of DailyMail.com meet at second base during the Congressional Women's Softball game last year. This year's game is set for Sept. 14.

Congress’ softball team is ‘working hard’ for redemption

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 4, 2022 at 4:02pm
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., speaks to the cameras in the Hart Senate Office Building on Monday. He testified Wednesday in front of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on a bipartisan overhaul of the Electoral Count Act of 1887.

‘We were all there on Jan. 6’: Manchin, Collins make the case for elections overhaul

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 3, 2022 at 3:19pm
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has spread memes to every corner of social media in his bid for Senate. So why not Cameo too?

To Cameo or not to Cameo? That’s the question for political campaigns

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 3, 2022 at 6:15am
Rep. Kevin Brady, along with his wife, Cathy, and his two sons, watches as his portrait is unveiled in the Ways and Means Committee hearing room on Thursday.

In baseball and in Congress, don’t ‘get carried off the field,’ Brady says

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 28, 2022 at 6:58pm
The Capitol Police would get a $104.6 million funding boost under proposed Senate measure.

Legislative Branch spending proposal would harden security

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 28, 2022 at 3:44pm
The Supreme Court is seen through a door on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol. Advocates are calling on Senate leaders to establish a bipartisan office of diversity and inclusion.

Senate needs its own diversity and inclusion office, advocates say

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 28, 2022 at 6:45am
For Sen. Brian Schatz, seen here in 2019, the medium is not the message.

When a senator is just ‘a normal person having a normal reaction to a crazy world’

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 26, 2022 at 6:15am
Senate cafeteria workers gather around Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Wednesday as they call for job security and a union contract.

17 arrested as Senate dining workers protest at the Capitol

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 20, 2022 at 8:02pm
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, talk with reporters about election legislation on Jan. 20.

Bipartisan Senate bills would overhaul Electoral College count

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 20, 2022 at 12:54pm, Updated at 3:54pm
A smashed window is pictured after a mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — an event that renewed questions about the continuity of Congress.

Congress needs to take disaster planning seriously, Modernization panel says

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 19, 2022 at 5:57pm
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Andy Levin, D-Mich., left, conduct a news conference in February 2020. On Monday, staff in their offices, as well as five others, announced they would take steps to begin forming unions.

Staff in several House offices begin the process of unionizing

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 18, 2022 at 11:17am, Updated at 2:56pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence conduct a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College votes on Jan. 6, 2021, before a riotous mob attacked the Capitol trying to stop them.

Bipartisan bill would clarify that VP role with electors is only ceremonial

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 14, 2022 at 5:27pm
Workers at Senate dining facilities and the Capitol Visitors Center were warned Wednesday of potential layoffs.

Contractor tells Senate dining workers that job cuts loom

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 13, 2022 at 9:35pm
Caution tape appears at a sidewalk construction site on Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, near the Capitol in May 2021.

Take it from top Hill staffers: Congress doesn’t function as it should

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 12, 2022 at 6:15am
President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., one of 17 recipients to receive the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony at the White House on Thursday.

Biden medal picks push partisan issues, and bipartisanship

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 7, 2022 at 6:15pm
Nebraska state Sen. Mike Flood won the special election to fill the open 1st District seat in the House.

Nebraska quirk used new map to fill House vacancy last month

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 6, 2022 at 6:15am
House Sergeant-at-Arms William J. Walker in his U.S. Capitol office on June 1.

The top House security official has his sights on a safer Capitol. It’s a big task

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 28, 2022 at 5:00am
From left, Chair Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., Vice Chair William R. Timmons IV, R-S.C., and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, D-Mo., attend a Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress hearing on June 8. Thursday's hearing focused on Congress’ lagging tech.

Can Congress be a little more like a tech company? Maybe

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 23, 2022 at 1:35pm
Rep. Grace Meng, pictured here in 2019, has championed better access to menstrual products in the Capitol complex.

Free tampons could soon be in bathrooms across the Capitol

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 22, 2022 at 8:24pm
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, shown here in Las Vegas during April’s draft, will appear virtually at Wednesday’s House Oversight and Reform hearing.

What to watch as Roger Goodell defends the NFL on Capitol Hill

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 21, 2022 at 1:18pm
“The Senate for too long has underpaid its workers,” says Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii.

Staffers got raises in the House. Now it’s the Senate’s turn, says Schatz

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 16, 2022 at 6:00am
The Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, chaired by Tim Ryan, released its draft fiscal 2023 spending bill Tuesday.

House looks to beef up security, braces for unions with Legislative Branch bill

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 14, 2022 at 3:44pm
Lindsey Graham and Bernie Sanders, ranking member and chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, are set to go head to head in a “bridge building” debate on Monday.

Lindsey Graham and Bernie Sanders kick off a new debate series. It’ll be ‘fun’

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 10, 2022 at 4:38pm
“I’m tired of being here … doing the job of what our senators should be doing right now,” says Parkland survivor David Hogg ahead of this weekend’s march against violence. Above, he meets former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at a Tuesday event.

This weekend brings another March For Our Lives

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 9, 2022 at 7:41pm
Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., speaks during a Wednesday ceremony to name rooms on the Senate side of the Capitol after her and the late Margaret Chase Smith, R-Maine.

She couldn’t even use the Senate gym. Now she has a room of her own

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 8, 2022 at 7:52pm
Whenever lawmakers try to give themselves a raise, they risk political backlash. But some say stagnant salaries bode ill for Congress and its future.

Hill staffers just got raises. These lawmakers say it’s their turn

By Chris Cioffi
Posted June 8, 2022 at 3:36pm
A new graphic novel explores the life and times of Barney Frank, shown here in 2004.

When a ‘Smahtguy’ came to Washington

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 26, 2022 at 6:45am
Modernization Staff Association founder Ananda Bhatia and fellow staffer Anna Whitney, right, are on a mission to improve tracking for the more than 100,000 flags that fly over the Capitol each year. Above, they pose outside their workplace holding miniature versions.

Thousands of flags fly over the Capitol. They want to track them

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 26, 2022 at 6:15am
Young activists gather at the Capitol in 2021 to urge policymakers to stop approving fossil fuel projects. Generational frustration has only grown as boomers continue to dominate American politics, author Kevin Munger argues.

Boomers are in charge, and they still haven’t peaked

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 24, 2022 at 6:15am
“One of Congress' concerns is that the executive branch … has been sweeping concerns about UAPs under the rug,” Chairman André Carson, D-Ind., said at a House Intelligence subcommittee hearing Tuesday.

Congress is taking UFOs more seriously, but many questions remain

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 17, 2022 at 11:58am
Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., runs in the ACLI Capital Challenge in Anacostia Park on May 17, 2017. The 2022 race will be his last as a member of Congress.

At political road race, Rep. Jim Cooper eyes the finish line

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 11, 2022 at 5:06pm
Staffers in House offices can now unionize if they wish, after the House approved a resolution Tuesday introduced by Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich.

House clears the way for staffers to unionize

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 10, 2022 at 8:48pm
Rep. Andy Levin introduced a resolution to provide protections for House staffers seeking to unionize. The chamber will vote on it next week, leadership announced Friday.

House tees up vote on union protections for staffers

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 6, 2022 at 2:38pm
Anthony Thomas, a Senate cafeteria worker, speaks at a union rally on April 6. Thomas broke his hand after that rally and does not have health insurance, and he urged lawmakers to help get a new contract that has improved protections and benefits for workers.

Dining workers vie for the Senate’s fragmented attention

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 4, 2022 at 2:31pm
“I don’t know if other junior staffers got a pay bump and were asked to keep quiet,” said one House Democratic staffer.

What’s next for staffer pay on the Hill?

By Chris Cioffi
Posted April 28, 2022 at 1:39pm
“We do not use the word ‘boss’ [in my congressional office]. I've had to correct everybody,” says Rep. William R. Timmons IV, who was once a staffer himself.

From ‘purple spatula’ to ‘aspiring statesman’ with Rep. William Timmons

By Chris Cioffi
Posted April 28, 2022 at 6:30am
Around the time of the clean air bill of 1990, some longtime Senate staffers began to feel the mood in the chamber shift. Above, Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, and Minority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., speak to reporters in March 1990.

When amendments ruled the Senate

By Chris Cioffi
Posted April 28, 2022 at 5:01am
The new Washington Commanders uniforms are on display following an announcement of the Washington Football Team's name change. The team faces continued scrutiny from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

What’s next for the Washington Commanders’ congressional oversight saga?

By Chris Cioffi
Posted April 20, 2022 at 4:23pm
Washington Commanders helmets on display at Inova Sports Performance Center at Ashburn, Va.

Washington Commanders may have cheated fans, other team owners

By Chris Cioffi
Posted April 12, 2022 at 3:14pm
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks at a rally on Capitol Hill with Senate cafeteria workers Wednesday.

Senate dining workers avert layoffs and will ‘keep fighting’

By Chris Cioffi
Posted April 6, 2022 at 7:59pm
Fire trucks lined Independence Avenue on Jan. 6, 2021, as the Capitol remained on lockdown after a mob attack.

Torn from the pages of a thriller or disaster planning? ModCom takes on continuity of Congress

By Chris Cioffi
Posted April 6, 2022 at 1:21pm
A marijuana-themed flag flies near the Capitol during a rally in 2019.

House votes to legalize cannabis, but Senate has its own ideas

By Chris Cioffi
Posted April 1, 2022 at 2:34pm
From left, Anthony Thomas, Chloe Washington and Oliver Rojas, employees of Restaurant Associates, pose outside the Capitol on March 18.

They work in the halls of power. But Senate dining workers are ‘still struggling’

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 31, 2022 at 6:30am
A group of visitors walk through the Senate subway on Tuesday. The House side will start easing restrictions next week.

Limited Capitol tours return Monday, but some say it’s happening too slowly

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 23, 2022 at 4:37pm
Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in 2015. He now holds the title of dean of the House.

‘Plain old sticktoitiveness’: What it means to be dean of the House

By Chris Cioffi and Paul V. Fontelo
Posted March 23, 2022 at 5:45am
Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, argued in favor of keeping some limited proxy voting in the House.

Could proxy voting make the House more inclusive? Some lawmakers hope so

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 17, 2022 at 6:29pm
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Franklin Roosevelt buttons are seen at the home of Robert Fratkin, a vendor in the American Political Items Collectors regional show and sale hosted by the National Capital Chapter.

‘Every button tells a story’: Washington’s political memorabilia show and sale returns

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 17, 2022 at 6:30am
The U.S. Capitol dome is lit by the morning sun on Monday.

Police proposal would start reopening Capitol later this month

By Chris Marquette and Chris Cioffi
Posted March 14, 2022 at 7:00pm
Tourists from Tennessee are seen in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Tuesday. While small groups can now get inside the building with help from lawmakers, the Capitol Visitor Center has been closed for two years during the pandemic.

Congress eyes return of tourists with eagerness, anxiety

By Jim Saksa and Chris Cioffi
Posted March 9, 2022 at 6:15am
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., leaves the Senate floor after delivering George Washington’s farewell address on Monday.

Retiring Sen. Leahy reflects on ‘fragile’ democracy as he reads Washington’s farewell

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 28, 2022 at 4:53pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seen here in November, has relied on the Office of the Attending Physician as masking guidance has evolved in the House.

No longer on the State of the Union guest list: mandatory masks

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 28, 2022 at 10:36am
“That was not exactly the in-depth policy conversation I was hoping for, but it was a hoot,” Rep. Derek Kilmer recalls of a moment with his former boss.

Rep. Derek Kilmer was an intern in the 1990s. Here’s what he learned on his last day

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 23, 2022 at 6:00am
Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich., has introduced a resolution to protect congressional staffers who want to organize in the House. Put first things first, he says.

‘Eyes on the prize’: Hill union backers should keep momentum going, Levin says

By Jim Saksa and Chris Cioffi
Posted February 23, 2022 at 5:45am
One of the field offices of former Rep. Chris Gibson, R-N.Y., seen in Liberty, N.Y., on Oct. 13, 2015.

‘Frontier, and kind of forgotten’ staffers share stories of district office challenges

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 16, 2022 at 5:02pm
American educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 - 1955) with the Capitol in the background, circa 1950. Bethune will be the first Black woman included in the Statuary Hall collection.

First Black woman and DC’s second statue get close to Capitol placement

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 16, 2022 at 6:00am
With more federal employees teleworking or otherwise shifting their commutes, Metro officials said the transit system will have to adapt.

Metro ‘mediocrity’: House lawmakers dig into ridership, wheel woes

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 9, 2022 at 4:37pm
Staffers on Capitol Hill are stepping up efforts to unionize, energized by statements of support from dozens of Democratic lawmakers.

Hill staffers are organizing. What could their unions look like?

By Chris Cioffi and Jim Saksa
Posted February 9, 2022 at 5:30am
A staffer picks up a “members only” sign in March 2021.

Union push in Congress explodes into view, but obstacles remain for staffers

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 4, 2022 at 4:40pm
Tiffani A. Johnston, former marketing and events coordinator, marketing manager, and cheerleader, testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on sexual harassment in the workplace at the Washington football team.

Day after name change, Washington football team’s Snyder faces new allegations

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 3, 2022 at 4:41pm
Gloria Estefan performs onstage during the Latin Grammy Awards in November 2021. On Wednesday she did a different kind of performing, appearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee.

Gloria Estefan: Congress should turn the beat around on royalties

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 2, 2022 at 4:50pm
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, talk with reporters on Jan. 20 about voting rights.

Senators look to break logjam on elections overhaul

By Todd Ruger and Chris Cioffi
Posted February 1, 2022 at 3:40pm
Chairman Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., right, and vice chair William R. Timmons IV, R-S.C., held the first hearing of what's likely to be the final year of the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.

‘Fix Congress’ panel enters final year with ‘dry topics,’ vows not to rest

By Chris Cioffi
Posted January 20, 2022 at 4:23pm
Photographers line Columbus Circle in front of Union Station waiting to spot D.C.'s snowy owl on Jan. 12. The rare bird has been spotted around Columbus Circle.

Rare snowy owl dazzles onlookers from Union Station perch

By Chris Cioffi
Posted January 19, 2022 at 6:30am
Chairs have been removed from the Dunkin Donuts in the Longworth House Office Building as part of COVID-19 mitigation steps.

House, Senate eateries won’t enforce DC vaccination mandate

By Chris Cioffi
Posted January 18, 2022 at 6:04pm
Chairs have been removed from the Dunkin’ in the Longworth House Office Building, seen here on Monday.

Congress is back, testing lines are long, but omicron feels all too familiar

By Chris Cioffi
Posted January 10, 2022 at 7:03pm, Updated January 11, 2022 at 11:32am
Rep. Dean Phillips greets a U.S. Capitol Police officer while handing out lunches from World Central Kitchen in the Capitol on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot on Thursday.

Last year, a rampage. This year, a ‘surreal’ quiet grips the Capitol on Jan. 6

By Chris Cioffi
Posted January 6, 2022 at 5:36pm
Police in riot gear take up positions by the Capitol Reflecting Pool before a demonstration in September.

Top lawmakers still looking for right balance of security after Jan. 6

By Chris Cioffi
Posted January 6, 2022 at 6:30am
Security barricades the door of the House chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, as pro-Trump rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote. Reps. Troy Nehls of Texas, blue shirt, and Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, right, are also pictured.

Jan. 6, 2021: In their own words

By Jason Dick, Bill Clark, Tom Williams, Chris Cioffi, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted January 6, 2022 at 6:00am
Trump rioters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Jan. 6, 2021.

‘All I could see was what was in front of me’: Jan. 6 anniversary means a chance to zoom out

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Chris Cioffi
Posted January 5, 2022 at 7:00am
An aide locks a door to the House chamber as rioters attempt to break into the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021.

Feeling safe at the Capitol isn’t simple a year after Jan. 6

By Chris Cioffi
Posted January 5, 2022 at 6:00am
People pick up COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits at the Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood Library in Washington last week.

Congress’ doctor recommends telework, better masks as COVID-19 rates in Capitol increase

By Chris Cioffi
Posted January 3, 2022 at 4:29pm

Senate releases 2022 calendar

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 14, 2021 at 4:29pm
Tourists arrive at the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington on March 12, 2020 before the pandemic caused the Capitol Visitor Center to close to all tours.

Senate allows small public tours to resume in the Capitol

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 13, 2021 at 4:13pm
Chairman Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., right, and Vice Chairman William Timmons, R-S.C., attend the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress markup hearing on Wednesday.

Modernization panel OKs latest recommendations, sprinkles Congress with its ‘secret sauce’

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 8, 2021 at 3:43pm
The U.S. Capitol gingerbread house is wheeled into place by the Memorial Door in the Capitol on Monday.

Gingerbread is back: Sweet replica returns to Capitol

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 6, 2021 at 1:15pm
A Capitol worker hauls a Christmas tree to the loading dock in the basement of the Hart Senate Office Building on Jan. 2, 2020.

Fear not cheer: That’s the holiday spirit at the Capitol

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 3, 2021 at 12:06pm
A promising sign hangs on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Third Street Northeast, at the old home of Romeo and Juliet Garden Cafe, and before that, White Tiger.

Waiting for Pupatella: Hill staffers see brighter pizza times ahead

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 1, 2021 at 6:00am
Peanut Butter and Jelly strut around the Willard Hotel in Washington at a Thursday news conference held by the National Turkey Federation.

Pardoning turkeys remains a strange American tradition under Biden

By Chris Cioffi
Posted November 19, 2021 at 11:05am
Jason Broughton, director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, in front of the Library of Congress in Washington in October.

Jason Broughton has a mission at the Library of Congress: ‘Expand and be inclusive’

By Chris Cioffi
Posted November 18, 2021 at 6:15am
Staffers walk through the Capitol rotunda in September. The median salary for all House staffers is $59,000, an increase of $4,000 from two years ago, according to a new report from the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

This was supposed to be a big year for Hill pay. Staffers aren’t holding their breath

By Chris Cioffi
Posted November 18, 2021 at 6:00am
The Capitol South Metro station in Washington is seen on Nov. 2.

Metro’s carpet cars are back, and nobody on the Hill is happy about it

By Chris Cioffi
Posted November 5, 2021 at 3:16pm, Updated November 8, 2021 at 3:39pm
An empty section of seats at FedExField is seen before a Washington Football Team game on October 25, 2020 in Landover, Maryland.

NFL wants to move past Washington’s scandal, House Oversight says not so fast

By Chris Cioffi
Posted November 3, 2021 at 6:00am
Maine Sen. Susan Collins is seen Tuesday on her way to the Senate Republicans’ lunch. She cast her 8,000th consecutive Senate vote Thursday.

Perfect attendance: Susan Collins racks up 8,000th vote in the Senate

By Chris Cioffi
Posted October 28, 2021 at 4:29pm
From the very beginning, the House Modernization panel has tried to do things differently as it tries to cure what ails the legislative branch, says Chairman Derek Kilmer.

Modernization Committee tracks its own progress as clock keeps ticking

By Chris Cioffi
Posted October 28, 2021 at 6:31am