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CQ Roll Call June 20, 2013

Warren Rojas

Bio:

Warren Rojas is a Heard on the Hill columnist for Roll Call. He returns to the business of shadowing our elected leaders after a five-year stint as the founding dining editor for Northern Virginia Magazine.

Rojas spent the early part of his career covering the sordid world of tax policy first as a Congressional reporter and later as the pioneering investigative reporter for Tax Notes. He holds journalism degrees from both James Madison University and American University.

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Stories by Warren Rojas:

Mixing Things Up With moe.

May 30, 2013

Legendary jam band moe. is in town tonight to rock a place the group knows so well, it’s been immortalized in one of their very personal songs.

Cornyn Drones On

May 30, 2013

Texas Republican John Cornyn spent part of his recess tooling around a naval base admiring examples of our unmanned air support:

Art and Soul Gets Grilling

May 29, 2013

Art and Soul has retired the crab boils they’ve indulged in the past few summers in favor of weekly pig and oysters roasts debuting tonight at 5:30 p.m.

GOP Staffer Is There for Good-Looking Democrats

May 29, 2013

Who says bipartisanship is dead?

Bachmann Retirement Ignites Flame War on Facebook

May 29, 2013

Michele Bachmann’s plan to give up her seat at the end of her fourth — and now final — term sparked a battle of words on the Minnesota Republican’s comment-laden Facebook page.

Tweeps Don’t Get Lindsey Graham’s 'Gallows' Humor

May 28, 2013

Arizona Republican and Vietnam War veteran John McCain crept into Syria on Memorial Day for a surprise visit with insurgents — a bold maneuver that prompted pal Lindsey Graham to commemorate the trip thusly:

Star-Spangled Mumbling

May 28, 2013

The cultural observers over at Deadspin devoted part of the holiday weekend to isolating the sections of the National Anthem most likely to trip up would-be patriotic singers.

Budget Brain Freeze, Please!

May 24, 2013

We realize it’s not particularly blazing hot outside right now. (C’mon sunshine!) But things could warm up over the course of the long weekend.

PAP to Disaster Victims: Time to Go

May 24, 2013

Rocky Twyman, spiritual leader of the Pray at the Pump movement and the self-styled conscience of Capitol Hill, feels terrible about all the natural disasters that have plagued Americans as of late.

Swalwell Fans the Flames of Bipartisanship

May 23, 2013

Freshman Rep. Eric Swalwell rolled out the welcome mat in the Cannon House Office Building on Wednesday night, inviting fellow occupants of the fifth floor to what turned out to be a widely attended cookout.

Cowan's Cravat Crisis

May 23, 2013

Team Cowan tried a show of solidarity Wednesday, strapping on bow ties just like the boss.

The Lightbulb Moment That Led to 'Gridlock'

May 23, 2013

Solon-turned-author Byron Dorgan told HOH he got the idea for his forthcoming novel “Gridlock” — a geopolitical thriller focused on the sabotaging of the American electrical grid — while perusing a Wall Street Journal “What If?” piece regarding U.S. vulnerabilities.

Ruffing It While Riding the Rails

May 23, 2013

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers want Amtrak to drop — Drop it. … OK, now roll over. Good boy! — its restrictions against packing pets onto trains, calling on the commuter line to allow four-legged friends equal passage across America.

Ron and Rand Paul Roll Hard

May 23, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., unearthed this snapshot of him and his father, former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, enjoying what looks to be some bonding time on a not-quite built for two bike:

Toasting the U.N. Risk Takers

May 21, 2013

If you are planning to tie one one for Hump Day anyway, at least stumble over to the Thank a Peacekeeper reception happening in the Rayburn House Office Building and bend the elbow with a purpose Wednesday night.

Jeff Duncan: Scan and Deliver

May 21, 2013

Rep. Jeff Duncan prides himself on being as social-media accessible as possible. Just ask any of the tech-savvy constituents (or envious lawmakers) who’ve stumbled on the QR code affixed to his official nameplate.

Coons Is Sweet on Franken

May 21, 2013

Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken can’t say nothing good ever comes of attending a Senate Judiciary Committee markup.

KISS or Dead Presidents — Decisions, Decisions

May 21, 2013

Would you rather decapitate the Founding Fathers …

Aloha, Mr. Smith: Sean Penn Goes to the House

May 20, 2013

Human rights activist and actor Sean Pean greets Rep. Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J., at the top of Monday’s House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations hearing on the plight of Jacob Ostreicher, a Brooklyn native being detained abroad in Bolivia.

Tea Partyers to IRS: Prepare to Be Flash-Mobbed

May 20, 2013

In the wake of revelations that IRS officials unduly targeted right-leaning groups, a number of tea party supporters plan to publicly shame the tax man by amassing outside the agency’s headquarters on Tuesday for a lightning-fast gripefest.

Sean Penn Speaks Up for Jacob Ostreicher

May 20, 2013

House lawmakers will dive back into the ongoing saga of unlawfully detained American businessman Jacob Ostreicher at this afternoon’s meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.

First Timers Share Lamb Jam Strategies

May 17, 2013

The third annual Lamb Jam, a gustatory carnival for unabashed carnivores, is happening Monday night at Eastern Market. And HOH has the skinny on how two of the competing chefs plan to woo even the most sheepish diners into their respective camps.

South Dakotans Want to Help Scratch Your Taco John’s Itch

May 17, 2013

Her interest piqued by the latest Noshtalgia column, Sioux Falls, S.D., native Heather Fluit reached out to HOH about her epicurean Everest.

Advantage: Breaux

May 16, 2013

Local tennis fans gathered Wednesday night at the Swedish embassy in Washington, D.C., to thank tennis great Chris Evert and former Sen. John Breaux, D-La., for their continued support of the Junior Tennis Champions Center.

John Cornyn Has Issues

May 16, 2013

Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn is very worried about lots of things these days. But rather than obsess about them in isolation, he’s inviting everyone to weigh in on the political head-scratchers as part of his “Issue Advisers” campaign.

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