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Defense policy analysis, commentary and discussion.Before skipping town on Thursday night, the Senate confirmed Davita Vance-Cooks to serve as public printer of the Government Printing Office, a position she’s held on an acting basis since Jan. 3, 2012.
Capitol Police arrested six protesters in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, shortly after 12:30 p.m.
Retiring House Press Gallery Superintendent Jerry Gallegos joined the gallery in 1969, just as tumultuous times in the United States were dramatically shaking the foundation of political journalism.
Robert Getzoff, a longtime Capitol Hill staffer with deep community ties, died July 15, and the tributes to him offer an insider’s view of how closely people work together on the Hill, as well as how important humor can be in forging workplace bonds.
Legislation to scrap architect Frank Gehry’s plan for a memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower, overhaul the commission in charge of the project and select a new design would cost $17 million over the next five years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Javier Sanchez, the senior legislative aide for Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who was arrested on July 11 on charges of theft, has pleaded not guilty in D.C. Superior Court and is scheduled to be in court for his misdemeanor initial status hearing on Aug. 26.
Almost four months into life on Capitol Hill in the era of the sequester, House members have 20 percent fewer dollars to run their offices. The Office of the House Chief Administrative Officer, lawmakers’ de facto HR department, is offering buyouts. And Capitol Police officers are being pulled from posts around the Capitol complex to cut back on overtime pay, meaning longer lines to enter buildings are increasingly becoming business as usual.
Tobacco use in Congress just isn’t what it used to be. Gone are the days of smoke-filled committee rooms and chambers. But one practice of a bygone era persists: Members can still chew — and spit — tobacco in their respective legislative bodies.
Daniel B. Malloy is the new Capitol Police assistant chief of police and chief of operations, the department announced Thursday.
The unveiling of the Frederick Douglass statue in the Capitol on Wednesday drew a rich cross-section of American society as dignitaries and descendants gathered to commemorate the storied abolitionist’s legacy, as well as throw in a little politicking.
The U.S. Postal Service is proceeding with recommendations to close three House-side post offices and is posting solicitations for public comment on whether to go ahead with the closures.
The Capitol community will pause for a few moments this week to honor Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist and former D.C. resident whose statued likeness will be placed in the Capitol on Wednesday.
Colleagues and friends of former congressional staffer Michael Taylor Riggs will gather Thursday for a Washington memorial to remember the longtime public health policy advocate.
The District Department of the Environment has signed off on the Architect of the Capitol’s plans to switch the Capitol Power Plant to be powered 100 percent by natural gas.
Frederick Douglass will officially take his place in the Capitol on June 19, now that Congress has passed legislation authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the District of Columbia’s statue of the abolitionist and former resident.
The District of Columbia’s Frederick Douglass statue is one step closer to being unveiled in the Capitol now that the Senate has passed a resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the event.
The House chief administrative officer has announced that his operation is the latest legislative branch agency to offer buyouts to employees.
Joe Keenan, longtime director of the Senate Press Daily Gallery has retired after 35 years.
After his preliminary hearing on Thursday morning, James Everett Dutschke will next go before a federal grand jury on charges that he sent ricin-laced letters to elected officials, including Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
“Sports and sporting events have a way of bringing people together,” Librarian of Congress James Billington said Friday, surveying the crowd of sports broadcasters and fans at the library’s celebration marking the acquisition of former Washington Senators play-by-play man Bob Wolff’s audio-visual recordings.
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