Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘Chunks’ is a funny word. Congress-watchers can’t stop saying it
So, how did D.C.’s chattering classes land on chunks? It all began with Biden’s marathon press conference last month.
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Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos: Breyer’s service in DC through the years
Photos of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's decades of public service in Washington. He is planning to retire.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Living paycheck to paycheck a reality for some Hill staffers, survey finds
The struggle to make ends meet as a congressional staffer is D.C.’s worst-kept secret, but for some it means going into the red, according to a recent survey.
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‘Rise in violent rhetoric’: Lawmakers in both parties report spike in death threats
“There are folks in Congress just there to stir s— up, they’re not there to pass legislation,” said Pat Fallon, R-Texas. Fallon recounted his first death threat experience.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
House, Senate eateries won’t enforce DC vaccination mandate
Lawmakers and staff won't have to leave the Capitol complex for grub or coffee, despite D.C.'s expansive COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Members of Congress play campaign pundit all the time. But are they any good at it?
David Valadao, a Republican who was swept up in 2018’s blue wave but managed to win back his California district in 2020 even as it backed Joe Biden by 11 points.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Take Five: Don Bacon
[Ulysses S.] Grant, one of my favorite generals and a great president. And I’ve got the John Boehner book right now, “On the House.” He has some weird phrases. I’ve often wondered what they mean.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Pardoning turkeys remains a strange American tradition under Biden
Later, Rhode Island’s “Poultry King” Horace Vose sent slaughtered turkeys as gifts to presidents like Ulysses S. Grant. That’s not to say that presidents didn’t get gifts of live animals too.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Metro’s carpet cars are back, and nobody on the Hill is happy about it
Christopher S. Murphy, one of the few known senator-Metro riders, said he takes mass transit in both his home state of Connecticut and in D.C.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Perfect attendance: Susan Collins racks up 8,000th vote in the Senate
She then voted to confirm her Senate predecessor, Republican William S. Cohen, as Defense secretary.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Safe at first (amendment): Press triumphs again at Congressional Softball Game
The game raised more than $508,000 for the Young Survival Coalition, eclipsing 2019’s record-setting tally of $365,000. Last year’s event was canceled due to COVID-19.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Congressional Softball Game is back with eight rookie lawmakers
That’s a huge step up from 2019’s $365,000, which itself was a record. The game began in 2009, and this will be the 12th matchup. The pandemic put the kibosh on last year’s game.
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A competition for beer supremacy is brewing again in Washington
Organizers say they’re following D.C.’s guidelines and requiring indoor guests to wear a mask, except when they are actively eating or drinking.
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‘We build upon each other’: Memorial for lawmakers who died continues in pandemic
John Sarbanes, who will talk about the death of his father, the famously “low-key” Maryland Democrat Paul S. Sarbanes. Also set to appear are Alaska GOP Rep.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending Oct. 1, 2021
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., looks on. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) The Republican team celebrates their win at the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘My Name Is Pauli Murray’ — portrait of an activist as a major influence
Murray organized a sit-in protest in April 1943 of a whites-only cafeteria on D.C.’s U Street near the Howard University campus, the Little Palace Cafeteria.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Can 400 pounds of barbecue help grease the wheels of the Senate?
After a COVID-caused pause last year, Thornton recruited some help from his buddy Latimer of Jasper, Ga.’s Bub-Ba-Q.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
They have a vision for a happier Congress: More golf
National Links Trust, a nonprofit, entered into a 50-year contract with the National Park Service last year to renovate and run East Potomac and D.C.’s two other municipal courses, Rock Creek and Langston
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
12 photos that show the drought’s impact on the American West
Much of the West is struggling with a worsening drought that is straining municipal water supplies, agricultural operations and wildlife.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
How we got here: The raw post-9/11 films of Greg Barker
High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello, who was among those killed in 2003 when the U.N.’s headquarters in Baghdad was attacked.