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Congress Looks To Block Funds For Eisenhower Memorial

| Posted 06.20.2012 | DC
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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff The Eisenhower Memorial Commission would not receive any new funds in fiscal 2013 under a draft bill unveiled T...

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Capitol Employee Stole 3 Truckloads Of Furniture

| Posted 06.20.2012 | DC
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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff The Architect of the Capitol recovered $394,135 in “stolen government property [and] funds” in the six months e...

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Eisenhower Memorial Complaints Reach Fever Pitch

| Posted 06.01.2012 | DC
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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff Opposition to the proposed design for a memorial to President Dwight Eisenhower has reached a fever pitch, with...

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Capitol's Asbestos Saga Ends After 13 Years, $173 Million

| Posted 05.17.2012 | DC
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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff This week marks the official conclusion of the case of 10 Architect of the Capitol employees who were exposed to a...

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Norton Wants Expanded Commercial Filming Near Capitol

| Posted 04.03.2012 | DC
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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff The time is right to expand commercial filming and photography regulations around Capitol Hill, Del. Eleanor Holmes...

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A Place Where Dogs And Dead Bodies Peacefully Coexist

| Posted 02.29.2012 | DC
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By Jason Dick Roll Call Staff One of the liveliest places on Capitol Hill is, ironically, Historic Congressional Cemetery, a more than two-century...

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Abortion Hangs Over D.C. Budget Autonomy Efforts

| Posted 02.27.2012 | DC
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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff The elation that greeted Virginia GOP Gov. Bob McDonnell's announcement last week that he backs giving D.C. control...

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Which Congressional Buildings Are In 'Poor' Condition?

| Posted 02.10.2012 | DC
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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff As buildings around the Capitol campus continue to deteriorate because of age and the effect of last summer's magni...

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Congressional Panel OKs Norton's D.C. Voting Bill

| Posted 02.08.2012 | DC
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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff A House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would shorten the window between the opening of a vacancy on the D.C...

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Nationalizing D.C.'s WWI Mem'l Could End In Stalemate

| Posted 02.01.2012 | DC
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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff All Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wants is for his hometown's World War I memorial to have the status of a national monument...

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Brookings Is World's Top Think Tank, Report Shows

| Posted 01.19.2012 | DC
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By Ambreen Ali Roll Call Staff The Brookings Institution ranked once again as the world's top think tank in an annual survey out today. The inf...

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Capitol Police, AOC Will Oversee Union Square

| Posted 01.04.2012 | DC
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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police, two entities already facing a tightened budget environment, ar...

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LGBT Staffers On Capitol Hill: It's Still Difficult

| Posted 12.19.2011 | DC
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By Laura Barron-Lopez Roll Call Staff Even as corporate America becomes a more gay-friendly place, gay and lesbian employees on Capitol Hill say t...

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