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Campus Notebook: Serving Early Birds

Nov. 18, 12 a.m.

Members and staffers who can’t wait until next week for a plate of turkey and mashed potatoes can head to the Senate cafeterias on Thursday for a Thanksgiving spread.

Campus Notebook: Somebody Else’s Limits

Nov. 17, 12 a.m.

Last week, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) introduced legislation to create term limits, becoming the latest Member to rally for a regulation that is popular with constituents but has little chance of passing Congress — or even getting to the floor.

Campus Notebook: Verifying Vouchers

Nov. 5, 12 a.m.

The House Administration Committee passed a resolution Wednesday to set guidelines for reimbursement vouchers, paving the way for new standards that will be implemented in January.

Campus Notebook: No Special Treatment

Nov. 3, 12 a.m.

The Office of the Attending Physician has run out of vaccines for the H1N1 virus and, like many clinics around the country, doesn’t know when it will get another batch.

Campus Notebook: By the People

Oct. 8, 12 a.m.

On Wednesday, Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) launched the House’s first-ever Web site designed through “crowdsourcing,” where the public is able to submit designs in an open bid that resembles a free-for-all contest.

Campus Notebook: Voting With Their Feet

Oct. 6, 12 a.m.

About 50 D.C. voting rights activists gathered in the Cannon Caucus Room on Monday to rally for a House version of the D.C. House Voting Rights Act without what is sometimes called the “poison pill” gun amendment that is currently part of the Senate version.

Campus Notebook: Burning Down the House

Sept. 29, 12 a.m.

Congressional staffers will get a chance to don full firefighting gear and battle fires on the morning of Nov. 6, when the Congressional Fire Services Institute holds its annual Congressional Fire Training Day.

Campus Notebook: CVC Gets Religion

Sept. 24, 12 a.m.

Workers have begun to engrave “In God We Trust” in the Capitol Visitor Center, a few months after the House and Senate passed legislation directing the Architect of the Capitol to put the phrase in a prominent position.

Campus Notebook: Dangerous Mix-Up

Sept. 22, 12 a.m.

A Capitol Police officer who helps protect Congressional leaders and visiting dignitaries was arrested last month for allegedly brandishing his gun during a dispute at the Hampton Inn at National Harbor.

Campus Notebook: Road Trip

Sept. 21, 12 a.m.

The high-profile arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. got a little closer to home last week, when Cambridge, Mass., officials appointed Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer to a panel that will explore the “lessons learned” from the controversy.

Campus Notebook: Crop Swap

Sept. 17, 12 a.m.

Iowa Rep. Tom Latham (R) asked state legislators this week to replace one of the state’s two Capitol statues with the likeness of Norman Borlaug, an agricultural researcher who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to increase the world food supply.

Campus Notebook: Lott Returns

Sept. 16, 12 a.m.

The Senate will unveil former Majority Leader Trent Lott’s (R-Miss.) portrait Wednesday in the Old Senate Chamber.

Campus Notebook: A Heavy Lift

Sept. 9, 12 a.m.

“Technical issues” have delayed the installation of a hydraulic lift in the House chamber, forcing the Architect of the Capitol to continue work in the coming weeks.

Campus Notebook: Shuffling Truman

Aug. 6, 12 a.m.

Seven years ago, the governor of Missouri signed a bill to put a statue of former President Harry Truman in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

Campus Notebook: All Clear

Aug. 5, 12 a.m.

All Senate pages are back to work, one week after officials announced that at least five might have swine flu.

Campus Notebook: Money Management

Aug. 3, 12 a.m.

House staffers will continue to get monthly paychecks for the foreseeable future, following the failure of a bill that could have led to paychecks being issued every two weeks.

Campus Notebook: A Somber Anniversary

July 29, 12 a.m.

It has been almost 25 years since the first Capitol Police officer was killed while on duty, prompting at least one lawmaker to recognize the anniversary on the House floor.

Campus Notebook: God, Communists and the CVC

July 16, 12 a.m.

The nation’s largest group of atheists and agnostics is suing the Architect of the Capitol in an effort to stop the engraving of “In God We Trust” in the Capitol Visitor Center.

Campus Notebook: Freezing Heller

July 15, 12 a.m.

A handful of House Republicans have introduced a bill to freeze Members’ Representational Allowances during times of high unemployment and national debt.

Campus Notebook: Hearing-Worthy

July 14, 12 a.m.

The House will hold its first hearing on the Metro crash Tuesday, with testimony from local and federal officials.

Campus Notebook: ‘The Unknown Slave’

July 13, 12 a.m.

The Capitol Visitor Center could one day have its own version of “The Unknown Soldier” monument — one that instead commemorates the slaves who helped build the Capitol.

Campus Notebook: Still Working for You

July 6, 12 a.m.

Verizon has opened a store in the Longworth House Office Building to help staffers with their favorite obsession: BlackBerrys.

Campus Notebook: GPO ‘Icon’ Dies

June 25, 12 a.m.

Virginia Saunders — one of the the longest-serving employees at the Government Printing Office — died last week at age 82.

Campus Notebook: Norton Reax

June 24, 12 a.m.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) wants Congress to pay for the replacement of Metro’s older cars, after Monday’s fatal train crash.

Campus Notebook: Steele Support for D.C. Vote

June 22, 12 a.m.

D.C voting rights advocates have found an unlikely ally: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele.

Campus Notebook: Bringing the Battle Home

June 15, 12 a.m.

D.C. voting rights advocates plan to target the constituents of Members who want to insert a controversial gun amendment into the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act.

Campus Notebook: CVC's Rainy Day

June 8, 12 a.m.

The Architect of the Capitol’s office will inspect the entire storm drain system of the new Capitol Visitor Center after recent heavy rains led to a minor flood in the new underground building.

Campus Notebook: Guilty as Charged

June 4, 12 a.m.

D.C. shadow Sen. Paul Strauss (D) pleaded guilty last week to driving under the influence, after he was arrested Oct. 1 with a blood alcohol level of 0.16.

Campus Notebook: Old-School Editing

June 2, 12 a.m.

Virginia Saunders has more than six decades of memories at the Government Printing Office, from rooting on the agency’s softball team to attending dances in one of the building’s large rooms.

Campus Notebook: Marital Discord

May 26, 12 a.m.

More than 30 lawmakers have signed on to a bill that would define marriage in the District of Columbia as between a man and a woman, reacting to legislation recently passed by the D.C. Council recognizing same-sex marriages from other states.

Campus Notebook: Emancipating the CVC

May 18, 12 a.m.

Reps. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) and Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) introduced a bill last week directing the Architect of the Capitol to include an “educational display” in the Capitol Visitor Center that discusses emancipation.

Campus Notebook: Tourist Overload

May 11, 12 a.m.

Congressional officials say the Capitol Visitor Center needs five more tour guides to deal with the deluge of visitors to the Capitol since the CVC opened in December.

Campus Notebook: Forever Acting

May 4, 12 a.m.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) has reintroduced a bill to give Congress more control over the selection of the Architect of the Capitol, a position that has remained vacant for more than two years.

Campus Notebook: Vindicated

April 30, 12 a.m.

A federal judge ordered the Library of Congress to pay about $490,000 in reparations to a transgender woman who recently won a discrimination lawsuit against the agency.

Campus Notebook: Done Deal

April 21, 12 a.m.

The Government Accountability Office and its union, the GAO Employees Organization, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 1921, have reached a tentative agreement on the GAO’s performance-based pay adjustment.

Campus Notebook: CVC Construction, Round 2

April 20, 12 a.m.

The Capitol Visitor Center has been open for less than five months, but the Capitol’s East Front has already reverted to a construction site.

Campus Notebook: Cops Honored

March 30, 12 a.m.

The Capitol Police last week received recognition for its operations from a nonprofit that accredits agencies nationwide.

Campus Notebook: Voting Rights Optimism

March 25, 12 a.m.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday that he hopes to bring the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act to the floor before the House goes into recess on April 3.

Campus Notebook: Smithsonian Troubles

March 18, 12 a.m.

House Administration Chairman Robert Brady (D-Pa.) announced Tuesday that he will hold a hearing on reports that the Smithsonian Institution didn’t address asbestos exposure in a museum despite knowing about it for 16 years.

Campus Notebook: Freedom of Information

March 12, 12 a.m.

A provision in the omnibus appropriations bill that President Barack Obama signed on Wednesday will get the ball rolling on free public access to legislative data.

Campus Notebook: Norton Joins In

March 5, 12 a.m.

The controversy sparked by the Capitol Visitor Center’s interference with staff-led tours continues to burn fiercely, as D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) joined the fray Wednesday.

Campus Notebook: Putting a Holt on Anthrax

March 4, 12 a.m.

Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) introduced legislation Tuesday to create a commission to investigate the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Campus Notebook: Pre-Emptive Greening

March 2, 12 a.m.

Even a pledge by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to rid the Capitol Power Plant of coal is not enough for some people — more than 2,500 activists still plan to disrupt the plant’s operations today.

Campus Notebook: A Counteroffer

Feb. 11, 12 a.m.

The Library of Congress is offering $10,000 in reparations to Diane Schroer, the transgender woman who recently won a discrimination suit against the agency.

Campus Notebook: Government, Online

Feb. 5, 12 a.m.

Staffers can now search and view Congressional documents online, all in one place.

Campus Notebook: A Monetary Reward

Feb. 4, 12 a.m.

A transgender woman who won a discrimination lawsuit against the Library of Congress has asked a judge to award her more than $460,000.

Campus Notebook: Jack Bauer, the House Version

Jan. 29, 12 a.m.

John “Jack” Kelliher has spent years guarding the House chamber, ensuring that Members don’t get killed — or kill each other.

Campus Notebook: Parking Perk Perishes

Jan. 28, 12 a.m.

Members-turned-lobbyists can no longer park in Congressional buildings after the House Administration Committee passed new parking regulations on Tuesday.

Campus Notebook: A Quarter of Equality

Jan. 27, 12 a.m.

District residents — or anyone with a soft spot for the city — can now get rolls of Washington, D.C., quarters at banks, after the specialized coin began circulation Monday.

Campus Notebook: Slow Crimes, Quickly Punished

Jan. 26, 12 a.m.

A Library of Congress store clerk has been sentenced to 30 months of probation for stealing money from the register over a two-year period.

Campus Notebook: At Least There’s Chicken

Jan. 15, 12 a.m.

Senate staffers forced to sleep in their offices Monday night may not get a bed, but they’ll at least get dinner.