The Senate has been discussing a possible change to the Russell Building, but it hasn’t reached a vote.

Here’s one more United States senator to add to your list of annoying congresscritters sticking their nose in the District’s business. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has created an income test for participation in D.C.’s Tuition Assistance Grant Program, which provides financial aid for residents at all public and some private universities around the country. The program is designed to ensure that D.C. residents have the same opportunities as all other Americans to attend a university…

Senators and staff in the Russell Senate Office Building are “sheltering in place” in the Russell parking garage after Capitol police have found a “suspicious powder” in the Russell Senate Office Building attic, according to WAMU. The first of two tests on the substance returned toxic, but the second did not. Capitol police are conducting a third test, the results of which are expected in half an hour. More than 200 people are reportedly inside…

We hope that after yesterday’s air raid, things will be a bit calmer in the city today. This photo by Justin DC, posted on Flickr, shows an empty stairwell in the Russell Senate Office Building, which was evacuated, along with the rest of the Capitol campus yesterday. Although we were tucked away in our office near the Hill and didn’t see the crush of evacuees in the streets, we can safely assume this stairwell…