Newly engaged Jackie Kucinich of USA Today, dons a new hat at an Easter Sunday brunch. Jared Allen made the lucky catch. Photo by: Tom Williams

You finally know your way around Rayburn, now what? GRAD SCHOOL Are you thinking about getting a Masters degree? Or possibly taking classes after work to further your professional development? Come learn about the options at this year’s Graduate School Fair, hosted by CQ Roll Call. Free and open to …

FamousDC mugs are popping up all kinds of places these days. Facebook’s DC HQ with Katie Harbath Page Six in NYC with Tara Palmeri C-SPAN with Jeremy Art ABC News with Rick Klein CQ-Roll Call with Tom Williams C-SPAN with Howard Mortman POLITICO with Meredith Shiner And now there’s a …

Nearly everyone has heard Speaker Boehner talk about the lessons he learned sweeping the floor of his father’s bar, but what influence to other political parents have on their kids? In today’s Roll Call, they break down the jobs of other political parents. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Although the Capitol …

A college student kills time in a Union Station bar before catching a bus back to Philadelphia.

Government shutdown stories are all the rage. [Roll Call] Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer sent a somberly worded email to his staff late Wednesday informing them that if the government shuts down Friday, reluctantly he would have to send most of them home without pay. Not to mention if these staffers …

Members of Congress have immunity from many routine parking tickets in the District of Columbia, but that doesn’t mean they can’t try to rack up fines. According to a Roll Call survey of vehicles parked on Capitol Hill and at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, as of mid-March, lawmakers were …

Jim Manley, left, and Rodell Mollineau, retired press aides to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., share a laugh during a going away party for former Roll Call editor Erin Billings, at Johnny’s Half Shell on Capitol Hill, March 24, 2011.

Here’s the trailer for a two-part mini-documentary from Roll Call that chronicles the history and growth of the Congressional Black Caucus.

According to FishbowlDC and the Twitter machines it looks like Shira Toeplitz is heading back to Roll Call. We asked Shira for a comment and the NFL lockout couldn’t keep the trash talk away: “I really appreciated the opportunity to work at POLITICO, but after my beloved Steelers lost the …

You can only hope to contain him. CQ-Roll Call’s Tom Williams & Bill Clark had a great showing this weekend at the White House News Photographers Association Photo Contest. Mr. Williams got first place in the “On Capitol Hill” category and Bill Clark took home first place in the “Portrait” …

Christina Bellantoni is quickly making her mark at CQ-Roll Call. Roll Call: The 2010 Election in 120 Seconds And from Demon Sheep to a spelling bee, there were dozens of memorable ads. CQ Roll Call staffers had their favorites, and we did some crowd-sourcing to find out some of the …

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“F*** the President!” – unidentified House Democratic Member of Congress CQ-Roll Call’s Anna Palmer: Profanity, Anger Spill Over in House Democratic Caucus Meeting One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f— the president” while Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) was defending the package the president negotiated with Republicans. Berkley …

CQ-Roll Call’s Jackie Kucinich: New House Whips Work in Tag Team