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The Hill also picked out a defined audience—political addicts who want to know what’s happening in the Senate cloakrooms at all times—and catered to its needs.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2024

“We now have individuals that have breached the Capitol building,” he said, warning them to be prepared to relocate to the cloakrooms.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2021

Electronics are forbidden inside the chamber, but those digitally addicted senators can access their smartphones when they pop into the cloakrooms in the back corner of each side.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2020

A dozen senators, from both parties, made exoduses to their respective cloakrooms.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2020

Astonishing the things people leave behind them in trains and cloakrooms.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James