Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Metro ‘mediocrity’: House lawmakers dig into ridership, wheel woes
Metro officials got tough questions about how the "nation's subway" may survive in an age with increased telework.
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Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Hill staffers are organizing. What could their unions look like?
“You’d need to talk to a labor lawyer who specializes in Congress, which I don’t think exists,” said one Hill-watcher.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Rep. Claudia Tenney loves curling and she’s not ashamed to admit it
“The best Olympic sport is curling,” says the New York Republican, a high school curling champion who played before push brooms.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending Feb. 4, 2022
Photos of the week ending February 4 as captured by CQ Roll Call's photojournalists Tom Williams and Bill Clark.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘Chunks’ is a funny word. Congress-watchers can’t stop saying it
Chunks, chunks and more chunks: It started with a stray word from Biden as he pivoted on Build Back Better. Now it has a life of its own.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Americans united in worry over political divisions, but not much else, poll finds
Civility has gone downhill since Biden took office, voters say in a new Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service poll.
Congress · 117th Congress
How Rep. Sean Casten went from ‘Licensed to Ill’ to climate policy pragmatist
“I actually thought the Republicans in the Reagan and first Bush White House did some of the best climate policies ever,” the Democrat says.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Gloria Estefan: Congress should turn the beat around on royalties
Estefan appeared in support of a bill that would compensate musicians on terrestrial radio similar to how it works on streaming platforms.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Joe Biden can reset his presidency with Willow the cat
Cat parenthood has proven to be good electoral politics. The time is now for Biden to embrace his inner cat daddy-in-chief.
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
Rep. Jim Langevin was an intern in the ’80s. Here’s what’s changed on the Hill since then
‘The world wasn’t always ready for me,’ says the Rhode Island Democrat, who is preparing to retire from Congress after 22 years.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
House chiefs try bipartisan experiment: Talking to each other
Not everyone in Congress wants to burn it all down, say members of the newly restructured House Chiefs of Staff Association.
Congress · 117th Congress
Thirteen percent of congressional staffers make less than a living wage, report shows
Low salaries in a high-cost city like D.C. have long made it difficult for junior staffers in Congress. Among the proposals? A salary floor.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Living paycheck to paycheck a reality for some Hill staffers, survey finds
Half of nonmanagers surveyed on the Hill say they’ve struggled to pay bills, according to the Congressional Progressive Staff Association.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending Jan. 21, 2022
The House and Senate were both in session this week as the Senate held an unsuccessful attempt to pass voting right legislation.
Congress · 117th Congress
‘Rise in violent rhetoric’: Lawmakers in both parties report spike in death threats
Two-thirds of lawmakers who responded to a CQ Roll Call survey reported experiencing death threats as America's politics grow more heated.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Rare snowy owl dazzles onlookers from Union Station perch
A snowy owl, a rare sight in Washington, has been dazzling bird-watchers — and feasting on Union Station rodents — all month.
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
Photos of the week ending Jan. 14, 2022
Photos of the week: This week former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., made his final visit to the Capitol as the Senate continued to struggle with voting rights and the filibuster.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Take Five: Marilyn Strickland
The Washington Democrat and former Starbucks-er talks drip coffee, her first year in Congress and what it means to have a “special duty.”