WASHINGTON -- For months, the tents were visible from the Capitol’s windows.
Then one day last June, the National Park Service brought in trucks and bulldozers, clearing out the homeless people who had settled in Columbus Circle, an expansive grassy area just a short walk to the Capitol.
The demise of the homeless encampment meant that for congressional lawmakers, the city’s homelessness crisis was now largely out of sight. And it was and remains largely out of mind.
