A Capitol Hill employee clears snow during a winter storm in Washington, D.C. on January 23, 2016. Joshua Roberts / Reuters On Monday, the East Coast began bouncing back from winter storm Jonas, which dumped as much as 30 inches of snow in some U.S. cities over the weekend. In Washington, D.C., federal and local government offices were closed and many workers faced a struggle to get to work as roads were being plowed and the city’s public-transit system offered extremely limited service.