Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
For Senate die-hards, no sweeter sound than ‘Alaskan of the Week’
This is “Alaskan of the Week,” the only speech in the Senate that elicits gleeful tweets from jaded floor watchers.
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Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending March 19, 2021
Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during the news conference outside the Capitol to announce the introduction of S 1, the “For the People” Act, on Wednesday.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Widows describe what it’s like running for Congress
In December, her husband died of COVID-19 complications five days before the Louisiana Republican could be sworn in for the start of the new Congress. Losing Rep.-elect Luke J.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Cafe au yay! Cups to reopen in April
The exact date will be announced soon, Chung wrote in an email to Heard on the Hill. Chung did not respond to a follow-up interview request.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending Feb. 26, 2021
examine the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘Where am I?’: Black staffers describe hurdles of working on Capitol Hill
For staffers that come from more modest means, the siren call can be hard to resist. But the paltry pay alone can’t explain the diversity gap.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
For Young Kim, it all began with ‘Atlas Shrugged’
“I see the future of our party — the fact that I’m elected, the fact that Michelle is elected,” she said in a phone conversation last week.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘Do it now. Ask for help now’: Rep. Madeleine Dean and her son reflect on his addiction
“We wanted to show what recovery looks like — that it’s not easy,” Cunnane said in an interview this week alongside his mom, now serving her second term in Congress amid rumors she could run for
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
We may not be through ‘the worst of this,’ say John Heilemann and Jennifer Palmieri
Showtime’s documentary series “The Circus” wants to capture, in the words of John Heilemann, the “big, giant, chaotic, nightmarish stew” of our politics.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Conspiracy or chaos: Two ways of seeing history from Errol Morris
I contacted the FBI and the CIA and asked them basically what they had in their files. I got the classic nonsense reply: “We can neither confirm nor deny that we have anything.”
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Winning wasn’t everything for Krishnamoorthi. Then along came Obama
It was at the Museum of Science and Industry, actually, and I remember we all sang the Black National Anthem as part of the event. But that was the first meeting.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Photos of the year: 2020 as seen by Tom Williams
The highlights below were just a few moments that encapsulate the diverse perspectives of Americans in the midst of the social and political discord that was 2020.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Photos of the week ending Dec. 18, 2020
Mitt Romney, R-Utah, with aides Liz Johnson and Chris Marroletti, walk down the stairs after a CNN interview in the Russell Senate Office Building on Tuesday.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
‘Personnel is policy’: What Ayanna Pressley saw as a staffer
John Kerry — she sees experiences that “changed the trajectory” of her life. She also remembers being the only Black woman in the room a lot of the time.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Toppled, warehoused, waiting: Confederate statue still in limbo in DC
Removing Pike from the D.C. landscape has long been a goal, but the stumbling block is the federal government.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Gold Star families find a place (and a desk) in House offices
“It’s important for members to have Gold Star families around them” as issues are debated and policies are made in Congress, Horton says in a phone interview.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Nada Surf wrote a ‘Song for Congress’ set in Statuary Hall
But for Caws, the challenge remained the same. “I want to find a way to communicate beyond the tribalism,” he told Heard on the Hill in a phone interview last week.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Running for office is exhausting. Breast cancer doesn’t care
She may have lost the election in the end, but she didn’t stay home.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Photo: No mirror, no problem
(Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) Speaker Nancy Pelosi checks her hair Monday with the help of an aide’s iPhone before a television interview with MSNBC in the Russell Senate Office Building.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
House committee’s recommendation: more Nickelback — Congressional Hits and Misses
Unluckily for the rest of us, Rep. Rodney Davis opted to play out the panel’s final meeting with his favorite band, Nickelback. But amid the frozen video calls and Rep.