This will make staff think twice before sneaking into the Whip Dinners for a plate of food before they’ve been told to do so. [nervous?] In another statement of the new House Republican majority’s commitment to the Constitution, aides to incoming Speaker John Boehner plan to take their oath of …

Andrew M. Cuomo, the newly sworn in Governor of New York, just launched his brand new website – complete with fancy social networking icons. One problem: his web team mistakenly linked to the wrong Twitter account.  [it happens] Cuomo’s Twitter Feed? Something’s a Little Off

The live-Tweeting at the RNC debate has been interesting. On booze: @mkhammer Ha, quote of the day, from Ann Wagner: “Oh, favorite book? I thought you said favorite BAR.” #rncdbate On guns: @almacy RT @mattklewis: Ann Wagner says she owns 16 guns. (Mental note: Don’t hassle her). More booze: @katieharbath …

The RNC is losing two very talented aides in the next few days. Chief of staff Mike Leavitt and communications director Doug Heye –leaving after the RNC after this week’s Winter Meeting. A new chairman will be picked Friday. They don’t expect Steele to win reelection – and wouldn’t stay …

FamousDC has always been a big Mike Allen fan. We even nominated him as our Media Ticket Presidential Candidate in 2008. President – Mike Allen, Politico The hardest working media personality needs the top office.  He’s moral, honest, and trustworthy – to a fault. We need a President who will …

Ryan Grim & the Huff Post Hill team on their A-game. MURKOWSKI CERTIFIED AS WINNER OF ALASKA SENATE CONTEST – After Joe Miller had exhausted every avenue of appeal short of taking his case to Supreme Court or Texas Justice, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell (with …

Christina Bellantoni is quickly making her mark at CQ-Roll Call. Roll Call: The 2010 Election in 120 Seconds And from Demon Sheep to a spelling bee, there were dozens of memorable ads. CQ Roll Call staffers had their favorites, and we did some crowd-sourcing to find out some of the …

There ain’t much more in this world that we enjoy more than lists – especially end of year lists containing all FamousDC folks. From Facebook to Brightest Young Things and from Wale to the  Obama White House … Meet the 35 people under 35 who changed DC in 2010. 2010 …

This seat is reserved. Only in America. Hat tip – David Almacy

Esquire’s profile of Sen. Harry Reid notes how he has been practicing yoga for over 10 years… “Back in 1998, when he ran a terribly dysfunctional campaign and pulled out his reelection over John Ensign by just 428 votes after a month of lawsuits and missing ballots and psychic torture, …

When asked if Sarah Palin running for President would scare her, Oprah Winfrey said: “It does not scare me because I believe in the intelligence of the American public.” Seen here.

Does this train have a caboose, sir? @RobertBluey Harry Reid on Senate floor: People are trying to get home for Christmas. Hurry up with your speech, Senator Kirk. #START Even more pissed than Reid, the entire congressional staff.

There was an important vote yesterday in Congress – the vote to continue funding of the federal government.  So important in fact, 75 Members of Congress didn’t bother to show up. More than 70 House members didn’t bother showing up to vote Tuesday, even as the lower chamber wraps up …

POLITICO’s Morning Tech by Tonny Romm, Kim Hart & Jennifer Martinez: TWITTER’S ADAM SHARP STARTS MAKING THE ROUNDS – If his tweets are any indication, Twitter’s new D.C. hire Adam Sharp (aka @AdamS) was out and about repping the San Francisco-based company around town on Tuesday. According to Sharp’s Twitter …

Reasons 1-66 involved cursing, but reason #67 is just as fantastic. Drudge spots a great detail that says a bit about the administration’s reverence for the Gray Lady: Rahm Emanuel has a New York Times vending machine in his crawl space. As Tim Carney noted via POLTICO, the vending machine …