Capitol Hill

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Jeannette Rankin arrived on Capitol Hill as a Republican in 1917, at the age of 36, three years before women got the right to vote in federal elections.

From The Wall Street Journal

Driscoll has earned praise from both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill for his aggressive push to modernize the Army and overhaul the service’s unwieldy procurement program, lawmakers and Senate aides said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite the pause, Canadian representatives are still advocating on the country's behalf with US lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Richard Madan, the trade representative for the province of Manitoba, told the BBC.

From BBC

In a closed-door Capitol Hill meeting with the committee in September, some of Epstein’s victims delivered a more urgent message to lawmakers, according to people who attended: Collecting documents isn’t enough.

From The Wall Street Journal

This caution has started to resonate on Capitol Hill as well.

From Salon