Thanks to good guys over at The Foggy Monocle, we now know that Chevy’s has a cut-off of eight drinks per person. ChevysChevalier : I can’t decide what is more depressing — that I learned what the cutoff limit is at Chevy’s, or that I wasn’t even remotely drunk after …

Ramesh Ponnuru was almost named to the Macon, Georgia City Council, Alex Ovechkin continued his campaign for DC Sports Savior, Obama supporter Colin Powell offered advice to the GOP via Chris Strohm, Mike Madden complained he’s never been called for DC jury duty, Kara Rowland invited Members of Congress to …

what’s up arlington : Arlington – the Hot Place for Political Food In case you didn’t see the news, President Obama and VP Biden lunched today at Arlington’s own Ray’s Hellburger . … And this past weekend, a group of Republicans held an event at Pie-Tanza .

FamousDC received an exclusive copy of President Obama’s agenda for the House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting for this coming Tuesday. The meeting agenda will consist of: 1) Opening remarks: WTF 2) Q & A: What in the heck are you guys doing? 3) Sermon: Getting your act together 5) …

Eric Cantor: "We’ve Got a Lot to Learn" From Obama Jeb Bush, GOP: Time to leave Reagan behind Bob Barr: GOP in ‘very deep trouble’ Romney: Dings Time List, Palin

Having solved all other crisises facing America… [swamp bowl] The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing to dissect the Bowl Championship Series, asking whether the model needs to be tweaked, overhauled or done away with altogether. While some lawmakers are passionate about legislation that is …

Ivy Sellers Larsen celebrated a birthday, Chris Cillizza started the Huntsman 2012 watch, Querry Robinson hit Politico fame (and all the reporters he books linked to the piece), Chris Frates finally got out-of-work Republicans on the record, Joe Biden was given permission to speak, and then the privilege was once …

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UPDATE: We didn’t get enough sleep last night.   The hilarious comment about Varly was actually made by Cooley’s brother Tanner.  Thank you Tanner for pointing that out.  Our apologies. ….. It seems Captain Chaos may have gotten a little carried away after the Washington Capitals knocked off the New York …

Covering politics can be tricky. [THIS MORNING – in print edition ] Alex Bolton: Specter courts conservatives in Pa. rematch Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) has been laying the groundwork for a grudge rematch against former Rep. Pat Toomey since 2004, when Specter almost lost his seat to the conservative firebrand. …

We hope you weren’t trying to make any news today, because this just took over the beltway. The Fix: Specter To Switch Parties Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, according to sources informed on the decision. It’ll be interesting to see what his …

Time: Behind-the-Scenes-Photos : Obama’s 100 Days h/t – Nieman Lab

It looks like George Hickenlooper was the first one out of the gate: "Casino Jack " is scheduled for release in 2010. FishbowlDC’s Matt Dornic notes Kevin Spacey and George Hickenlooper are visiting with Jack Abramoff at the Cumberland Federal Prison. Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that 2-time Academy Award …

Lindsey Mask celebrated a birthday, early polls show that "JoMa" is preferred over "JMart" by 84% of NoVa cougars, Christina Bellantoni won the Swizzle challenge with her "Bill and Ted" knowledge, DeaconDoesDC did Boston, Michael Turk invented the new phrase: "Tweckle" (to heckle via Twitter), Turk then took another #TRB  …

Heating up … CQ: Pelosi knew "contents" of Harman wiretap During a roundtable with reporters yesterday, Pelosi said: “All [investigators] said was that [Harman] was wiretapped.” [I]ntelligence officials let Pelosi know about the wiretap and its contents , according to the three former national security officials. "She knew. We made …