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Spotted by Howard Mortman from C-SPAN coverage. UPDATE (12/24/2010): According to TechPresident’s Nancy Scola, iPad’s are coming to the House floor. So, it looks like, yep, iPads are indeed coming to the floor of the House of Representatives, at least as long as the rules changes proposed by the incoming …

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CNN’s Eric Kuhn announced today that he’s leaving Wolf Blitzer and his buds at CNN and heading to Hollywood to work for the United Talent Agency in Los Angeles. How do we know it’s official? He’s already changed his Twitter handle from @KuhnCNN to just @Kuhn. Hollywood loves the one-namers… …

FamousDC gets invited out a lot–Black Tie and Boots, 4th of July on Duke Cunningham’s yacht, your cousin’s roommate’s nephew’s Bar Mitzvah, tractor pulls, etc. And generally, we turn everyone down. Because we’re busy. And because we hate to change out of our sweatpants. But sometimes you gotta suit up, get out …

We hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving break. Chad Pergram: Lame Duck Session Takes Flight Remember how easy school was the first week back after a long break? Keach Hagey: Twitter Scooped WikiLeaks As of this writing, the WikiLeaks website is up but has yet to post any of the cables. Sunday …

FamousDC is thankful for: Turkey give away celebrations Giant spiders Ted Leonsis GQ interviews Rahm 5-star turkeys TSA bumper stickers Political insiders Twilight Elena Kagan Chris Paulitz Rally for Sanity signs Antoine Dodson Talented interns MOET & CHANDON Fame Bankers eating people Hot lobbyists TheHillisHome Health care Guam not tipping …

TBD: Marion Barry turkey giveaway has no turkeys Hordes of D.C. residents showed up this morning at Union Temple Baptist Church in Anacostia looking for their Marion Barry-sponsored turkey. One problem: no turkeys were available. According to Barry, who represents Ward 8 on the D.C. Council, Giant Foods didn’t deliver …

Roll Call’s Ali McSherry & Elizabeth Brotherton: HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Tortured by Twitter Sen. Chris Dodd is leaving Congress soon, but fans of the Connecticut Democrat can still get their fix on a new (spoof) Twitter feed about the Senator, S— My Dodd Says. … Hat tip to our friends …

Today, FamousDC super fan Jacob Wood has turned another year older, 29. Join FamousDC in wishing him a happy birthday and make sure to buy him a beer if you see him out and about tonight (We hear he loves FourLoko).

Pat Gavin doesn’t like Kitchen, Chicago-native Meredith Shiner loves to lead the front page of POLITICO.com talking about Rahm, can we stop hearing about Joe Miller now?, assaults on iPhones will be fully prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, we still haven’t seen the FamousDC mug on Top …

A POLITICO & FamousDC cheers Photo by Meredith Shiner Where will the next Famous Mug shot show up?

Pat Gavin: Carville: Obama Needs a Pair Speaking to reporters Thursday, Democratic strategist James Carville dropped this one-liner: “If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he’d have two.”

Head’s up FamousDC fans: Our friend Dan Everett at the Capitol Lounge is handing out FamousDC swag at tonight’s Making the Lounge Right. So stop by the Cap Lounge tonight and ask Dan the man for stickers. Remember to tip your bartender!

FamousDC mug gets ready to do a live shot on ‘Morning Joe. Photo taken by Meredith Shiner Where will the next Famous Mug shot show up?