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From left, Reps. Sean Casten, D-Ill., Morgan McGarvey, D-Ky., and Dan Kildee, D-Mich., are seen on the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 19. McGarvey is among the members scheduled to perform at the Congressional Record 2024 music event on Sept. 17.

Heard on the Hill

The happy-to-be-there caucus

Musical members prep for Congressional Record 2024

By Jason Dick
Posted August 30, 2024 at 5:00am

Balloons drop after Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech during the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday.

Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | DNC recap

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 23, 2024 at 12:14pm
Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic vice-presidential nominee, is pictured on the United Center stage in Chicago on Wednesday after addressing the convention crowd. With him are, from left, his daughter Hope, son Gus and wife Gwen.

Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | Wall-to-Walz coverage of Day 3 at the DNC

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 22, 2024 at 12:45pm
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama appear onstage inside the United Center in Chicago on Tuesday, the second night of the Democratic National Convention.

Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | Rock and roll call — DNC, Day 2

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 21, 2024 at 12:48pm
From left, Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan and Sen. Al Franken; Minnesota natives Ryan Jensen of Peregrine Espresso and Dorothy Sietsema; Democratic Rep. Tim Walz, who won with his “Tim's Turkey Taco Tot Hotdish”; and Sietsema's son, Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema, attend the sixth annual Minnesota congressional delegation’s hotdish competition in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 11, 2016. Jensen and the Sietsemas acted as judges.

‘Turkey Taco Tot Tim’? Hot takes on hotdish

By Jason Dick
Posted August 20, 2024 at 2:07pm
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden wave to the crowd at the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday.

Capitol Lens | Democratic National Convention, Day 1

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 20, 2024 at 10:37am
Workers install a 2024 DNC banner to the exterior of the United Center in Chicago on August 14 as the city gears up for the for the Democratic National Convention.

Capitol Lens | Chicago prep

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 19, 2024 at 9:03am
From left, Reps. Sean Casten, D-Ill., Morgan McGarvey, D-Ky., and Dan Kildee, D-Mich., are seen on the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 19. McGarvey is among the members scheduled to perform at the Congressional Record 2024 music event on Sept. 17.

The happy-to-be-there caucus

Sarah McBride speaks to volunteers at her campaign office in Wilmington on July 27. A state senator since 2021, she’s now campaigning for Congress.

On track to be first trans member, Sarah McBride has hope for Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted August 15, 2024 at 3:17pm
Then-Rep.Tim Walz is pictured on the House steps after last votes on March 21, 2013.

Capitol Lens | Walz in the Capitol’s halls

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 6, 2024 at 1:14pm
“I think there are some preconceived notions of what it’s like to be an elected official. But I’m an introvert” who likes to work behind the scenes, says Rep. Emilia Sykes.

How Emilia Sykes went from Junior Olympian to running for reelection

By Jim Saksa
Posted August 1, 2024 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | On the right track?

By Bill Clark
Posted July 31, 2024 at 2:36pm
A memo circulated Tuesday warned House staffers that ByteDance apps would be blocked and removed from official congressional devices.

House to block, remove ByteDance apps from official devices

By Justin Papp
Posted July 30, 2024 at 1:45pm
Rep. Lauren Underwood's first job on Capitol Hill, back in 2006, was interning for then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

Rep. Lauren Underwood made her C-SPAN debut earlier than you’d think

By Jackie Wang
Posted July 30, 2024 at 6:30am
After a couple decades watching Congress, Daniel Schuman is focused on “systems thinking” and on spinning up a new nonprofit.

Daniel Schuman wants Congress to have nice things (like transparency)

By Justin Papp
Posted July 30, 2024 at 6:15am
“It’s an investment … the more that we can be decisive here, the less bureaucracy we have out there,” says Rep. Barry Loudermilk.

More congressional staff? Conservatives are coming around to the idea

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 30, 2024 at 5:00am

Capitol Lens | By the dawn’s early light

By Bill Clark
Posted July 29, 2024 at 3:07pm
House Oversight Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., and ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., listen during a Secret Service oversight hearing Monday on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Photos of the week ending July 26, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 26, 2024 at 9:55am
National Park Service workers replace one of the American flags outside Union Station on Thursday that had been removed during protests of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress.

Capitol Lens | Cleaning up

By Bill Clark
Posted July 25, 2024 at 2:05pm
A crowd gathers in front of the Supreme Court building on June 26, 2013, ahead of a key ruling that struck down parts of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act. Gay conservatives were early and important voices in the fight to legalize same-sex marriage, according to a recent book.

How Republicans helped shape gay activism in America

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 25, 2024 at 6:15am
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., holds a “guilty of genocide,” sign as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress on Wednesday. Outside, thousands were protesting the speech, including some Hill staffers.

Staffers join thousands in fiery protests of Netanyahu on Capitol Hill

By Justin Papp and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 24, 2024 at 5:42pm
From left, former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, wife Melania, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the vice presidential nominee, and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, celebrate on stage at the Fiserv Forum on Thursday, the final day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis.

Photos of the week at the Republican National Convention

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 19, 2024 at 10:16am
Former President Donald Trump and his Republican Party are riding high at their national nominating convention, confident of their prospects for winning in November.

‘Happy Days’ for Republicans in Milwaukee

By Jason Dick, John T. Bennett and Briana Reilly
Posted July 18, 2024 at 10:25am
Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, greets his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, after he addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday.

Capitol Lens | Republican National Convention, Day 3

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 18, 2024 at 10:21am
Delegates dance in the Fiserv Forum on Tuesday, the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Capitol Lens | Republican National Convention, Day 2

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 17, 2024 at 11:39am