HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Get on Your Soapbox

By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
Roll Call Staff
June 16, 2009, 12:03 p.m.

Oh, to be a kid again. Starting summer vacation and looking forward to camp, instead of slogging through hearings and counting the days until Congress goes on recess.

No matter your age, you can get a taste of youthful abandon: The annual Soap Box Derby is running on Capitol Hill Saturday, and the event’s Web site features a nifty kids-eye-view video. Check out what it’s like to careen down Constitution Avenue in a flimsy little car the way the soapbox drivers do (click on the “Virtual Ride” feature).

Sip on a juice box, then get back to (sigh) work.

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