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Rep. Bill Delahunt pauses to consult notes as he questions witnesses during a 1998 hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton.

Heard on the Hill

Bill Delahunt and his part in a legendary Capitol Hill crash pad quartet

Massachusetts Democrat’s bunking up led to domestic comedy amid the politics

By Jason Dick
Posted April 8, 2024 at 3:53pm

Pat Schroeder, D-Colo., discusses her retirement at a news conference in the House studio in 1995.

Congress

Pat Schroeder, first woman on House Armed Services, dies at 82

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 14, 2023 at 4:02pm
Former Rep. Norman Mineta, D-Calif, hugs his son Stuart during the unveiling of his portrait in 1995.

Congress

Norm Mineta, who went from incarceration camp to two Cabinet agencies, dead at 90

By Jessica Wehrman and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted May 3, 2022 at 8:22pm
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, talks with reporters before the announcement that Republicans have enough votes to pass an overhaul of the tax code on Dec. 1, 2017.

Congress

Former Utah Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, who helped shape health and tax policy, dead at 88

By Humberto Sanchez
Posted April 23, 2022 at 9:53pm
Michigan Rep. Dale E. Kildee gives a salute at a 9/11 remembrance ceremony in 2008. His death at age 92 was announced by his family Wednesday.

‘Cal Ripken of Congress’ Dale Kildee dies at 92

By Chris Cioffi
Posted October 13, 2021 at 6:29pm
Former California Rep. Jerry Lewis, here during a 1999 interview in his Rayburn office, died Thursday at the age of 86.

Jerry Lewis, old-school appropriator who tried to shield powerful panel, dies

By Peter Cohn
Posted July 16, 2021 at 11:22am, Updated July 19, 2021 at 3:15pm
Former Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., has died at the age of 56. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Former Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick, brother of Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, dead at 56

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted January 6, 2020 at 11:31am
Close-up of Rep. William J. Hughes, D-N.J. on Oct. 18, 1993. (Photo by Chris Martin/CQ Roll Call)

Former NJ Rep. William J. Hughes dies at 87

By Chris Marquette
Posted October 31, 2019 at 3:10pm
An honor guard carries Cummings’ casket through the Capitol Rotunda on its way to the memorial service in Statuary Hall. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool)

Photos: Rep. Elijah Cummings memorialized in the Capitol

By Roll Call Staff
Posted October 24, 2019 at 11:51am
The late Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings was a fighter for justice and a leader with a sense of right and wrong, even when there was a price to pay, Curtis writes. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Elijah Cummings, a man of character and the best of Baltimore

By Mary Curtis
Posted October 18, 2019 at 5:00am