Stories by Hannah Hess:
Aug. 1, 2013
Immigration protests that have blocked traffic in front of House office buildings Thursday will continue throughout the afternoon, organizers told CQ Roll Call.
July 31, 2013
Capitol Police arrested six protesters in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, shortly after 12:30 p.m.
July 31, 2013
Perhaps inspired by the bygone days of Seersucker Thursday, members of the House GOP appear to be testing out a new weekday dress code: Casual Wednesday.
July 31, 2013
Karen Paulson, 68, a longtime aide to Speaker John A. Boehner and several other Republican members of Congress, died on July 26.
July 30, 2013
The House is stepping up its cybersecurity as members prepare for the August recess.
July 30, 2013
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.
July 29, 2013
The Capitol community is bidding a low-key farewell to former Rep. Lindy Boggs, D-La., a women’s rights champion who died of natural causes on July 27 at her Chevy Chase, Md., home. She was 97.
July 26, 2013
More than two decades of work on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has helped earn Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., a plum new assignment in which she will play a major role in rewriting national surface transportation policy.
July 24, 2013
Lawmakers on the House panel that oversees the D.C. government quickly and unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that lets the District set its own fiscal calendar and spend locally raised tax dollars without first getting congressional permission.
July 23, 2013
Proponents of greater budget autonomy for Washington, D.C., breathed a sigh of relief this week as they marked the end of Congress’ 35-day review period for a referendum giving the D.C. Council more control over local funds.
July 17, 2013
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.
July 16, 2013
The District of Columbia Fire Department dispatched two trucks to the National Postal Museum at 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday after smoke was spotted rising from a construction site on the south side of the building, according to an officer at the scene.
First responders extinguished the fire at the museum within minutes. (Hannah Hess/CQ Roll Call) No one was hurt, and the fire was extinguished within minutes, the officer said. Police…
June 24, 2013
Leave your Bryce Harper jerseys at home for Tuesday’s Nats-Diamondbacks showdown. Supporters of Frager’s Hardware are encouraging attendees to sport the Capitol Hill store’s iconic blue and orange T-shirts instead.
June 12, 2013
Brian Weitz, more widely known as “the Geologist” of Animal Collective, spent 2004 researching oceans, fisheries and the Coast Guard for a Senate Commerce subcommittee.
June 10, 2013
During Senate debate of the motion to proceed to immigration legislation drafted by the “gang of eight,” Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., suggested he’s been in so many Capitol Hill gangs that it “might be time to get some tattoos.”
June 6, 2013
During a speech on the House floor Thursday afternoon, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., lamented the “horrendous, hot and unusual” four-alarm fire that engulfed Frager’s Hardware on Wednesday night.
April 15, 2013
Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., waved the 8-inch blade of a the handmade custom chef’s knife before his eyes on Saturday night and whistled, attempting to command the attention of Taste of the South’s VIP crowd at the gala’s inaugural live auction in the lower level of DAR Constitution Hall.
March 21, 2013
Online dating app Hinge declares the Senate’s workforce more attractive than the House’s, but both employ some of the most attractive people in the District, according to user ratings.
March 19, 2013
When Sandra Day O’Connor strode through the curtains to take her seat on the Supreme Court bench in 1981, the Arizona cowgirl became the first womanto sit on the nation’s highest court. Visiting the chamber on Monday, she saw threewomen on the bench: Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
March 5, 2013
Local activists trying to win budget autonomy for the District plan to raise funds — along with plenty of pints of DC Brau — Tuesday night during their inaugural DC Budget Freedom Happy Hour at Meridian Pint (3400 11th St. NW).
