Skip to content
RollCall logo

Heard on the Hill

Dayana Bergman, a military spouse, wipes tears after speaking during a town hall at Woodlawn High School in Woodlawn, Md., on Thursday with Sens. Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen, Reps. Kweisi Mfume and John “Johnny O” Olszewski Jr., and Councilman Pat Young.

Heard on the Hill

Photos of the week | March 17-21, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 21, 2025 at 2:35pm

Materials from this year’s Gridiron dinner, a tradition that dates to 1885.

Podcasts

At the Gridiron, laughter in the dark

By Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 19, 2025 at 6:36pm
Staffers Scott Merrick, left, and Kevin Travaline move Kodak the Bear and Marty the Moose into the lobby of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s office in the Hart Senate Office Building on June 14, 2016.

Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | You’re gonna carry that weight

By Bill Clark
Posted March 19, 2025 at 6:30am
A protester supporting the Free DC campaign stands in the Hart Senate Office Building on Friday.

Heard on the Hill

Budget uproar offers DC an uneasy reminder of Congress’ power

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 14, 2025 at 2:50pm, Updated at 8:53pm
Bubbles fly by as Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks at a rally on the West Front of the Capitol on Monday. Several activists used bubble guns to blow bubbles over the rally. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | March 7-13, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 14, 2025 at 9:03am
Healthcare workers wait between appointments at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing facility at George Washington University on May 5, 2020.

A look back at the coronavirus lockdown

By Jessica Wehrman and Bill Clark
Posted March 13, 2025 at 6:00am
Some lawmakers took notice when the General Services Administration posted, and then deleted, a list of buildings flagged for possible disposal last week. Many in Congress rent local office space around the country from the federal government.

Tentative plan to dump federal office buildings leaves lawmakers in limbo

By Justin Papp
Posted March 12, 2025 at 11:41am
Dayana Bergman, a military spouse, wipes tears after speaking during a town hall at Woodlawn High School in Woodlawn, Md., on Thursday with Sens. Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen, Reps. Kweisi Mfume and John “Johnny O” Olszewski Jr., and Councilman Pat Young.

Photos of the week | March 17-21, 2025

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, seen here with her child in the House chamber on Jan. 3, is working to bypass leadership and bring to the floor a resolution that would allow proxy voting for new parents in the House.

‘Supporter of mamas’: Momentum builds for proxy voting for House parents

By Justin Papp
Posted March 11, 2025 at 4:58pm, Updated at 6:21pm
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger arrives to testify at a House hearing on March 21, 2024. The chief has announced that he will retire this spring.

Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger announces retirement

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 11, 2025 at 2:48pm
Some Democratic strategists are urging lawmakers in Congress to step up their outreach to gamers and other heavily online Americans.

Not just a game: Dems need to catch up on livestreams to earn back young men, advisers say

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 10, 2025 at 4:02pm

Capitol Lens | What matters

By Tom Williams
Posted March 10, 2025 at 3:32pm

Focus on ‘The Eyes of History’

By Chris Hale, Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 10, 2025 at 2:18pm
Texas Rep. Al Green is ejected from the House chamber during President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

Address-ing down — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted March 7, 2025 at 2:57pm
Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, wears American flag shoes while doing a TV interview in the Capitol's Statuary Hall before President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | February 28-March 6, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 7, 2025 at 9:09am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended his chief of staff on Wednesday after a post-speech DUI arrest Tuesday night.

Johnson has ‘full faith’ in chief of staff after DUI arrest

By Justin Papp
Posted March 5, 2025 at 5:36pm
Bill text is slow to hit the internet, as lawmakers introduce a rising number of measures.

Publishing pileup: Congressional bills are slow to reach the public

By Hunter Savery
Posted March 5, 2025 at 5:05pm
Rep. Melanie Stansbury holds a sign reading “This is not normal” as President Donald Trump enters the House chamber on Tuesday night to deliver his address to a joint session of Congress.

‘Nothing I can say to make them happy’: Trump and Democrats face off during raucous speech

By Jim Saksa and Hunter Savery
Posted March 5, 2025 at 12:32am

Capitol Lens | Annie Hill

By Bill Clark
Posted March 3, 2025 at 2:40pm
Grover Cleveland served two nonconsecutive terms as president. But his message to Congress in 1893 won’t be a model for Donald Trump.

What will Trump say in his speech? Don’t ask Grover Cleveland

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 3, 2025 at 11:55am
Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., parks his Harley Davidson motorcycle as he arrives for a vote in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | February 21-27, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 28, 2025 at 11:11am

Capitol Lens | Power aid

By Bill Clark
Posted February 27, 2025 at 1:05pm
“When you come from Alabama, it just feels a little different,” said Rep. Shomari Figures. The freshman Democrat represents his state’s newly drawn 2nd District.

Rep. Shomari Figures on opportunity: ‘Take advantage of every moment we’ve got’

By Jackie Wang
Posted February 26, 2025 at 5:59pm
The Capitol dome is seen through American and Ukrainian flags last April, before lawmakers passed a package with aid for Kyiv. Ex-Hill staffer Steven Moore is urging conservatives in Washington not to back away from Ukraine.

He rushed to Ukraine when Russia invaded. Now he’s rushing to DC to rally Republicans

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 26, 2025 at 4:52pm
Confusion, firings and freezes across federal agencies have constituents turning to their representatives in Congress for answers. Above, union members attend a “rally to save the civil service” near the Capitol on Feb. 11.

‘Overwhelmed and underwater’: Congressional staffers feel the brunt of Trump 2.0

By Justin Papp
Posted February 26, 2025 at 1:00pm