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Washington Republican Rep. Michael Baumgartner hands off “The Chick” painting to Democratic Rep. Emily Randall on Friday.

Are you a freshman from Washington state? Congratulations on your new painting

By Jackie Wang
Posted January 9, 2026 at 5:03pm
California Rep. Julia Brownley won't seek reelection this year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

California Rep. Julia Brownley is latest Democrat to announce retirement

By Daniela Altimari and Jackie Wang
Posted January 8, 2026 at 4:55pm
House Republican Cloakroom Floor Director Ella Gunn, left, and House Democratic Cloakroom Manager Rosemary Keating, pictured here in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol, made history this year by becoming the first all-woman duo to lead their cloakrooms.

For the first time, both House cloakrooms are helmed by women

By Jackie Wang
Posted January 2, 2026 at 7:00am, Updated January 5, 2026 at 6:00pm
Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis will not run for reelection next year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis will not run for reelection in 2026

By Daniela Altimari and Jackie Wang
Posted December 19, 2025 at 6:24pm
Rep. Jared Golden has a list of legislative goals he wants to check off before leaving Congress. Oh, and he’ll probably get some more tattoos.

They’re ready to leave Congress. But first, they have New Year’s plans

By Jackie Wang
Posted December 17, 2025 at 12:15pm
Rep. Russ Fulcher, seen here in 2023, once worked at the Capitol as an intern for Sen. Jim McClure.

He went from teenage cabinet member to Congress

By Jackie Wang
Posted November 19, 2025 at 12:19pm
Sen. Charles E. Grassley has seen hundreds of staffers come up through his office over the years, including current Rep. Zach Nunn. Above, the pair participate in an Iowa roundtable.

If you’ve ever worked in Iowa politics, you might have done this

By Jackie Wang
Posted October 29, 2025 at 1:00pm
A sign advertises a government shutdown relief loan program outside the United States Senate Federal Credit Union branch office in the Hart Building on Sept. 30.

Capitol credit unions see flood of applications during shutdown

By Jackie Wang
Posted October 28, 2025 at 11:57am
Staffers wait in line to take photos with Babydog and Sen. Jim Justice during Babydog’s 6th birthday party in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday.

What are they waiting in line for? Babydog’s birthday

By Jackie Wang
Posted October 15, 2025 at 5:43pm
Virginia Rep. James R. Walkinshaw participates in a news conference with the Congressional Postal Service Caucus outside the Capitol on Sept. 19.

He once worked for Gerry Connolly. Now he hopes to carry on his legacy

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 30, 2025 at 6:15am
Bob Fischer, retiring manager of the House Democratic Cloakroom, stands outside the cloakroom on Wednesday.

In the Democratic cloakroom, this was the Bob Fischer way

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 29, 2025 at 4:28pm
Members of Congress will grab their paddles for a pickleball match this week a few blocks from the Capitol. Above, a Major League Pickleball player prepares to serve during a match in Columbus, Ohio, in 2022.

National Mall to host first congressional pickleball match

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 17, 2025 at 2:55pm
Jason Crow on a patrol for a reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan in Khost Province. (Photo courtesy of Jason Crow)

Lawmakers recall Sept. 11 attacks that launched their military service

By Nick Eskow and Jackie Wang
Posted September 11, 2025 at 6:00am
Democrat James Walkinshaw talks to voters outside a polling place in Herndon, Va., in June.

Democrat James Walkinshaw wins Virginia special election for Connolly seat

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 9, 2025 at 7:52pm
Clockwise from top: Former Rep. Brad Wenstrup, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, and former Reps. Debbie Lesko, Derek Kilmer, Jamaal Bowman, Mike Garcia, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Cori Bush talk about their activities after leaving Congress.

Where are they now? Happily, often anyplace but here

By Mike Magner, Nina Heller, Jackie Wang, Noella Kertes, Nick Eskow and Jessica Wehrman
Posted July 31, 2025 at 5:00am
Rep. Jared Golden remembers describing himself as a “pragmatic realist” during a job interview 14 years ago. Above, the Maine Democrat is seen at a news conference earlier this month.

Jared Golden’s first job on the Hill? Working for Susan Collins

By Jackie Wang
Posted July 30, 2025 at 10:29am
Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pa., participates in the House Ways and Means Committee organizing meeting on Jan. 31, 2023.

Ways and Means member Evans says he will not seek reelection

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 30, 2025 at 4:26pm
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, who succeeded Jennifer Wexton In Congress, looks back on his early memories of politics, which include an elementary-school straw poll and a junior staff job in the House. Above, he’s pictured during new member orientation last fall.

Suhas Subramanyam on his path to Congress (and a road trip not taken)

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 26, 2025 at 6:15am
Photojournalists surround Marty the Moose as staffers unload a freight elevator in the Hart Building on Tuesday.

If you move a moose through the Senate

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 10, 2025 at 5:26pm
Then-Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and then-Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., the vice chairman, hold a media availability following the committee's closed hearing into the attempted Times Square bomb attack on Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

Four-term former Missouri Sen. Christopher Bond dead at 86

By Jackie Wang
Posted May 13, 2025 at 3:57pm
Former Rep. Bob Filner, right, speaks a 2002 press conference. Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, is at left.

Former Rep. Bob Filner, fiery House liberal, dies at 82

By Jackie Wang
Posted May 1, 2025 at 6:54pm
“Someone’s legacy isn’t dead until you say their name the last time,” says freshman Rep. Addison McDowell.

‘Etched into my brain’: Addison McDowell on the fentanyl tragedy that led him to Congress

By Jackie Wang
Posted April 29, 2025 at 6:29am
Campaign signs in the race for Florida's 6th District sit on the side of the road in Ocala, Fla., on March 26.

Republicans win Florida special elections, helping pad House margin

By Nick Eskow and Jackie Wang
Posted April 1, 2025 at 7:59pm, Updated at 8:35pm
Campaign signs for Republican nominee Randy Fine and Democratic nominee Josh Weil sit on the side of a road in Ocala, Fla., on March 26. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Elections in Wisconsin and Florida pose first major test for GOP in 2025

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Nick Eskow and Jackie Wang
Posted March 31, 2025 at 7:03pm
Rep. Derek Schmidt worked for a pair of senators in the 1990s. Above, he testifies at a Senate hearing in 2019, during his time as Kansas attorney general.

Thirty years later, Rep. Derek Schmidt is back on the Hill

By Jackie Wang
Posted March 27, 2025 at 6:15am
Texas Democrat Sylvester Turner, right, is seen during new member orientation at the Capitol in November. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Sylvester Turner, former Houston mayor, dies two months into House term

By Jackie Wang
Posted March 5, 2025 at 2:43pm
“When you come from Alabama, it just feels a little different,” said Rep. Shomari Figures. The freshman Democrat represents his state’s newly drawn 2nd District.

Rep. Shomari Figures on opportunity: ‘Take advantage of every moment we’ve got’

By Jackie Wang
Posted February 26, 2025 at 5:59pm
Rep. Vince Fong leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference on June 12, days after being sworn in last year to replace his former boss.

From staffer to member: Vince Fong’s road to Congress

By Jackie Wang
Posted January 29, 2025 at 5:00am
Jeff Crank speaks at an Oct. 11 rally for President-elect Donald Trump in Aurora, Colo. He once was a staffer for then-Rep. Joel Hefley and has been aligned with Americans for Prosperity.

Familiar faces: They’re new to Congress, but they’ve been here before

By Jackie Wang
Posted November 21, 2024 at 6:00am
George S. Helmy embraces Cory Booker, his onetime boss, on Sept. 9. Now they are serving together in the Senate for a few months.

George Helmy worked for senators. Now he is one (for a little while)

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 26, 2024 at 6:15am
House candidate LaMonica McIver, front right, poses with, from left, New Jersey Democratic Reps. Rob Menendez, Mikie Sherrill and Frank Pallone Jr. during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Democrat LaMonica McIver wins NJ special election

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 18, 2024 at 8:16pm
Rep. Lauren Underwood's first job on Capitol Hill, back in 2006, was interning for then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

Rep. Lauren Underwood made her C-SPAN debut earlier than you’d think

By Jackie Wang
Posted July 30, 2024 at 6:30am
Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., “probably wasn’t the most studious” during his senior year of college, he said, but he got a hands-on education in politics. Above, he attends a House Rules Committee meeting in January 2023.

What Rep. Nick Langworthy learned as a 21-year-old campaign manager 

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 27, 2024 at 6:00am
Michael Rulli, a Republican, will also be on the ballot in November for a full term starting in January.

Ohio voters tap Rulli for House vacancy, boosting GOP’s majority

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 11, 2024 at 9:07pm
Rep. Wiley Nickel got his start as an intern for Dianne Feinstein and Dick Gephardt. Before long, he was working as an advance staffer, staging rallies and events across the country.

Advance work can be a scream. Just ask Rep. Wiley Nickel

By Jackie Wang
Posted April 30, 2024 at 6:15am
Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., seen here in March 2023, is serving her first term in Congress. She still remembers being an intern on the Hill as a teenager.

‘Really formative’: Rep. Nikki Budzinski on being an intern

By Jackie Wang
Posted March 27, 2024 at 5:30am
“In the days when I was here as a staff member, the senators hung out together on weekends,” says Sen. Angus King, who worked as an aide in the 1970s.

‘I pay you for policy advice, not politics’: Angus King remembers his Senate staffer days

By Jackie Wang
Posted January 25, 2024 at 6:15am
Rep. Josh Brecheen, seen here arriving for a Republican conference meeting on Nov. 7, says the late Sen. Tom Coburn shaped his approach to governing.

Tom Coburn was the ‘semitruck for a lot of people,’ says Rep. Josh Brecheen

By Jackie Wang
Posted November 30, 2023 at 6:31am
Democrat Gabe Amo campaigns in July for the open seat in Rhode Island's 1st District.

Rhode Island picks former Biden aide Gabe Amo for open House seat

By Jackie Wang
Posted November 7, 2023 at 8:26pm
Sen. Alex Padilla, seen here at a hearing last year, worked for Dianne Feinstein as a field representative in the mid-1990s.

‘Never go into a meeting unprepared’: Sen. Alex Padilla on working for Dianne Feinstein

By Jackie Wang
Posted October 26, 2023 at 6:15am
Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, seen here in the Library of Congress in January, says "there are two ways in politics to approach faith."

This tattoo reminds Rep. Greg Landsman of his faith (and his first job in politics)

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 28, 2023 at 6:15am
Rep. Juan Ciscomani first came to the Capitol as an intern 20 years ago. “I was just so proud, and my mom was so proud of me. Here’s an immigrant family, and now the son is interning on the Hill,” he recalls.

From green card to green pin: Rep. Juan Ciscomani sees ‘full-circle moments’ 

By Jackie Wang
Posted July 27, 2023 at 6:00am
Then-Sen. Connie Mack III, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., from Bean's time as a staffer.

Florida Rep. Bean, who moonlighted as perfume salesman, returns to Hill as member

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 28, 2023 at 6:15am
Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Ky.

McGarvey went from ‘flying blind’ as a staffer to a climate warrior in Congress

By Jackie Wang
Posted May 31, 2023 at 5:30am
Rep. Erin Houchin speaks to Roll Call in her office in Washington on Feb. 8.

‘Not all bosses are created equally’: Houchin remembers Coats as among the best

By Jackie Wang
Posted April 27, 2023 at 5:30am
State Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Va., won a special election Tuesday for the remainder of the late Rep. A Donald McEachin's term representing Virginia's 4th District.

‘Pragmatic progressive’ to be Virginia’s first Black woman in Congress

By Jackie Wang
Posted February 21, 2023 at 7:27pm
Freshman Rep. Gabe Vasquez once worked as a field rep for Sen. Martin Heinrich.

What ‘conservation’ means to Rep. Gabe Vasquez

By Jackie Wang
Posted January 26, 2023 at 6:15am
Democratic counsel Dan Goldman, left, confers with House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff ahead of an impeachment hearing in November 2019. Goldman is among the former congressional staffers who will return to the Hill next year as elected members.

Familiar faces of the next Congress: These former staffers will be back as members

By Jackie Wang
Posted November 30, 2022 at 5:00am
Interning back in the 1980s “really was one of those life-changing moments,” says Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., seen here at the Capitol in 2019.

‘I had my son on my hip’: How this congresswoman landed her first internship

By Jackie Wang
Posted October 27, 2022 at 6:30am
Mary Peltola

Peltola wins Alaska special election to fill Young’s House seat

By Jackie Wang and Kate Ackley
Posted August 31, 2022 at 8:24pm, Updated September 1, 2022 at 10:53am
Democrat Pat Ryan won the special election in New York's 19th District on Tuesday.

Democrat Pat Ryan wins closely watched New York special election

By Jackie Wang
Posted August 24, 2022 at 5:43am
Republican Brad Finstad won the special election Tuesday in Minnsota's 1st District to serve the remainder of the late Rep. Jim Hagedorn's term.

Farmer and ex-legislator Finstad declared winner of Hagedorn seat

By Jackie Wang
Posted August 10, 2022 at 6:59am, Updated at 9:38am
“I credit my internship in ’89 with ultimately bringing me back to Congress,” says Rep. Dean Phillips.

He went from intern softball to the Congressional Baseball Game

By Jackie Wang
Posted July 28, 2022 at 6:15am
Rep. Bill Huizenga walks down the House steps of the Capitol after a vote in April. The Michigan Republican worked for Pete Hoekstra in the 1990s.

What Rep. Bill Huizenga learned from his 1990s cellphone

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 28, 2022 at 5:30am
Vote signs point to the entrance for the temporary Clark County early voting location at Arroyo Market Square in Las Vegas, Nev., on May 28.

Key results from Tuesday’s primaries and special election

By Stephanie Akin, Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Jackie Wang
Posted June 14, 2022 at 11:26pm, Updated June 15, 2022 at 12:46pm
Texas congressional candidate Mayra Flores participates in a news conference to announce the formation of the Hispanic Leadership Trust at Republican National Committee headquarters on May 17.

Republican flips Texas House seat Vela won by 13 points in 2020

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 14, 2022 at 11:21pm
“I do think there is growing support for reform … but there is also strong resistance to change,” says Rep. Angie Craig.

No first-class tickets for Congress, says Angie Craig

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 14, 2022 at 5:30am
Former Tulare County supervisor and State Assembly Minority Leader Connie Conway won Tuesday's special election runoff to represent the 22nd District until January.

House special election winner Conway OK with being short-timer

By Jackie Wang and Kate Ackley
Posted June 8, 2022 at 5:16am
Rep. Sylvia Garcia has seen her home state lead efforts to roll back abortion rights, but she still believes in Texas’ “independent thinkers.” Above, Garcia, third from right, and several other lawmakers attend a rally at the Supreme Court in 2020.

Don’t call us ‘crazy Texans,’ says Rep. Sylvia Garcia

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 7, 2022 at 6:15am
Incumbents facing noteworthy primary challenges on Tuesday include, from left, Republican Reps. David Valadao and Young Kim of California and Democratic Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. of New Jersey.

Seven questions about Tuesday’s primaries in seven states

By Kate Ackley, Mary Ellen McIntire, Stephanie Akin and Jackie Wang
Posted June 6, 2022 at 6:00am
As Rep. Peter DeFazio prepares to leave the Capitol behind for good, he looks back at his earliest memories of working in Washington.

It’s ‘back to the forest’ for Rep. Peter DeFazio

By Jackie Wang
Posted May 26, 2022 at 5:45am