Around the Hill

Capitol Lens: Symbolic Boxes

In the old days, interest groups delivering piles of petitions with signatures to lawmakers had to lug heavy boxes into the Capitol. No more.

May 24, 2012

Sen. Scott Brown arrives in the Capitol via the Senate subway for votes on the Food and Drug Administration reauthorization bill on Thursday.

Nobody seems to like the automatic Pentagon spending cuts set for January, but there is little Congressional agreement on an alternative.