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House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth has some thoughts about the direction Congress is headed.

John Yarmuth ‘waxes philosophical’ (and warns not to eat the Jell-O)

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 5, 2022 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | First Monday

By Tom Williams
Posted October 3, 2022 at 3:06pm

Capitol Lens | Scooter commuter

By Bill Clark
Posted September 30, 2022 at 2:32pm

Capitol Lens | Striking a pose above the throes

Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn stops to chat with McGruff the Crime Dog on the House steps on Friday morning. McGruff was at the Capitol to kick off October’s National Crime Prevention Month.

Photos of the week ending September 30, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 30, 2022 at 12:55pm
Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of President Harry S. Truman, joins Speaker Nancy Pelosi and current and former members of the Missouri delegation to unveil a statue of Truman in the Capitol Rotunda on Thursday.

Truman statue takes place in Capitol Rotunda

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 29, 2022 at 5:51pm
Chairman Derek Kilmer, right, and Vice Chair William R. Timmons IV attend a Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress markup last year.

‘We’re in a hurry’: ModCom makes 23 new recommendations and revisits an old one in 3 minutes flat

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 29, 2022 at 2:01pm

Capitol Lens | Blowing in the wind

By Tom Williams
Posted September 29, 2022 at 1:28pm
Sesha Joi Moon, seen here outside the Capitol in September, is the new director of the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

How to help future staffers find Congress? Show them they belong

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 29, 2022 at 6:30am
With just four months on the Hill, Joe Sempolinski says there’s no time to waste. Above, the former staffer is sworn in on Sept. 13, holding his daughter Joselyn.

Who makes ‘the best members of Congress’? This former staffer has an idea

By Nick Eskow
Posted September 29, 2022 at 6:15am
Jim Karamanis, left, and Andrew Weber remember the “massive” task of building a new website for Congress. Above, they pose last week in the Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building.

Even websites have birthdays: Congress’ just turned 10

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 29, 2022 at 5:45am
Alex Ortiz and Josh Wilson say they haven’t switched parties — they’re just Republicans who think it’s worth their time to work for Rep. Mary Peltola.

Meet the Republican team behind the House’s newest Democrat

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 29, 2022 at 5:30am

Capitol Lens | A call for solidarity

By Tom Williams
Posted September 28, 2022 at 3:33pm

Wayback Wednesday | Scalise returns

By Tom Williams
Posted September 28, 2022 at 3:33pm

Capitol Lens | The Truman pre-show

By Bill Clark
Posted September 27, 2022 at 2:39pm

Capitol Lens | Clemency crusade

By Tom Williams
Posted September 26, 2022 at 3:44pm
The sun rises directly east over the Capitol dome Monday morning ahead of the autumnal equinox this week.

Photos of the week ending September 23, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 23, 2022 at 10:52am
Rep. Jerry McNerney brought his math Ph.D. (and his planets tie) to work on Capitol Hill. Now he’s retiring after 16 years and planning his next AI chapter.

Congress is about to lose its science guy

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 23, 2022 at 6:15am
Climate activists staged a sit-in at the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday. The protesters, who were all detained by U.S. Capitol Police, were voicing opposition to what they called Sen. Joe Manchin ’s “dirty deal” energy permitting legislation.

Capitol Lens | Permitting protest

By Bill Clark
Posted September 22, 2022 at 3:55pm

Capitol Lens | Ain’t too proud to keg

By Bill Clark
Posted September 21, 2022 at 3:11pm
Dean Swihart, husband of the late Rep. Jackie Walorski, plays “Amazing Grace” in Statuary Hall on Tuesday night.

‘Can I play my saxophone?’: Husband to Jackie Walorski performs at lawmakers’ memorial

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 20, 2022 at 9:23pm