Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Photos of the week ending February 10, 2023
The State of the Union dominated this week on Capitol Hill, along with the ongoing Rep. George Santos saga.
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Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Unionize the Senate, staffers urge
Labor advocates are pushing the Senate to recognize staff unions now that House organizing efforts have stalled under Republican control.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Blanton in the hot seat: Architect of the Capitol testifies for first time since bombshell report
Lawmakers were quick to bring up the “elephant in the room” as J. Brett Blanton appeared before the House Administration Committee.
Congress · 118th Congress
Don’t sleep on Rep. Mike Lawler
He toppled DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney in one of the most shocking upsets of the midterms. Now the Republican is settling into Washington.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Capitol Lens | Kiss me, Jill
Capitol Lens | Kiss me, Jill - Heard on the Hill
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Capitol Lens | Room with a viewpoint
GOP Rep. Harriet M. Hageman is interviewed Monday in the same Cannon Office Building room where the House Jan. 6th hearings took place.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Photos of the week ending February 3, 2023
This week was all about getting committees organized, removing Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs and the National Prayer Breakfast.
Congress · 118th Congress
Thomas Massie will wear his ticking debt clock to the State of the Union
“My design specification was to instill anxiety among my colleagues,” said the Kentucky Republican and MIT grad, who designed the pin himself.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
This Hill staffer also serves in the National Guard
It can be “intense,” says Aubrey Stuber, who serves in the Army National Guard while working as an aide to Democratic Rep. Chrissy Houlahan.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Capitol Lens | Prayer apparent
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden attend the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Capitol Lens | The Dem-ityville Horror
House Rules Chairman Tom Cole, right, and ranking member Jim McGovern appear during the panel’s hearing on Tuesday.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Majority rules? This Democrat wants to talk about anti-majoritarian bias
Rep. Sean Casten has some modest proposals. What blocks the will of the people? “The Senate, the Electoral College and the Supreme Court,” he says.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
They work for Congress. They also have second jobs
“It’s causing a lot of folks to leave the Hill because they just can’t afford to work here,” said one Senate staffer who also works at Trader Joe’s.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Photos of the week ending January 27, 2023
Photos of the week ending Jan. 27, 2023: A new senator, football trash-talking, dads and Rep. George Santos highlighted action on Capitol Hill.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Lieu, Auchincloss boldly go where AI so far has not: the House
Two House members focused on artificial intelligence used the app ChatGPT to write a resolution and a floor speech this week.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
After 45 years on the Hill, David Carle has seen it all
“There was a lot of manual labor involved with being a press secretary back then,” says the longtime aide to Sen. Patrick Leahy.
Congress · 118th Congress
What ‘conservation’ means to Rep. Gabe Vasquez
“We have to be smart about it,” says the freshman congressman from New Mexico, who once worked for Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich.
Congress · 118th Congress
In most diverse Congress in history, staff representation lags
The 118th Congress is the most diverse in history, with a quarter of members identifying as nonwhite. But disparities persist for staff.
Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Months after explosive report, lawmakers still unsure how to handle Capitol architect
Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton has kept his job as procedural questions swirl, months after a damning inspector general report.
Congress · 118th Congress
‘Not fly-over country’: Dingell and other Midwestern Democrats start Heartland Caucus
The caucus is composed largely of members from the Great Lakes region seeking to remind their party leaders they are “not fly-over country.”