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Where Washington’s Elite Go to Power Lunch
In case you’re looking to rub elbows and drop entirely too much money on a steak. Our favorite line: "We do anything, we’ve got senators from Hawaii that come in…" How many?
Famous Friday [Round Up]
Tina Gray left Cornyn’s office for a new gig with DCI, Alex Treadway going to soon-to-be-news-site The Daily Caller, Rep. Jared Polis made Monday for John Pappas, The DC tweed bike ride is Sunday, Washington Life magazine names DC’s most creative in new media, America said thank you to our …
The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful 2010 in The Hollywood Reporter
Will readers of The Hollywood Reporter review The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful of 2010? Could the hottest hill staffers turn heads in Hollywood? The owner of Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill is buying the Hollywood Reporter TheWrap: Hollywood Reporter Set to be Sold to ‘Who’s Who’s’ Finkelstein h/t Ted Hearn
Paging Congressman Subway Jared
Capitol Hill staffers will starve. Doris is pumped. Anne Schroeder Mullins: Hill’s Subway Store Closed
Are you following Capitol Hill and Wall Street?
Then you should check out WhyYouCare.com Why You Care… In order to understand how the tug of war over money, power and land between Capitol Hill and Wall Street impacts your life you MUST understand the business pages. But, sometimes trying feels like you need a decoder ring. That’s where …
New Poll Suggests Twitter Is Worthless
Twitter, at least on Capitol Hill, may be more popular than the wrap line in Longworth, but according to a Vanity Fair poll , the American public at large is not yet sold on the microblogging site. [via the Twiter Room] Only 15 percent of Americans believe that Twitter is …
A Little William McGurn With Your Morning Coffee
Pour a little of this in your Cocoa Puffs. Wall Street Journal: When Speechwriters Kiss and Tell When the sun rises over our capital city this morning, its denizens will awake to a truly novel tale: The aggrieved ex-staffer—wait for it!—disillusioned by Washington. The tome out today is by former …
Ask a Silly Question, get a Civics Lesson.
In a press release this afternoon the DCCC posed the following question: Senator Cornyn Votes NO on Sotomayor – Where is Rep. Pete Sessions? Answer: In the House. Not voting on a Supreme Court nominee. They only do that in the Senate. You’re welcome. (PS: Next time run your releases …
John Pappas Betting It All on Capitol Hill
FamousDC applauds Mr. Pappas for looking out for the kids. AP: Poker players hope for hot hand in lobbying week "What about children?" asked Pappas. Is it possible, he asked, to create an online environment that allows adults to play but keeps minors off.
BREAKING: Reports of a Shooting in a Senate Office Building
Fox news is reporting shots fired on Capitol Hill in near one of the Senate buildings… UPDATE: Brett Baier reports the incident is near the lower Senate Park. Police are not allowing anyone to exit the capitol premises. UDPATE 2: Reports that one person is in police custody [tipster] UPDATE …
Bare It All Lobbying: PETA Playmates on Capitol Hill [pics]
Today is the most popular day to be a vegetarian on Capitol Hill. Playboy Playmates, with the help of PETA, are passing out veggie dogs to interested patrons. Below is an actual exchange sent to us by a tipster: Playmate: So, are you a vegetarian? Male staffer: Well, no. Playmate: …
Flash Mob Protest Set For Longworth
As if dining at Longworth cafeteria wasn’t exciting enough, get ready for a mind-blowing exhibition today: An unknown number of mostly young people are planning to stage a “flash mob protest” (an orchestrated event in which people arrange to meet in a public place to simultaneously perform an unusual action …
Please Release Me: Retirees Tackle Capitol Hill
In an attempt to make an already slow legislative process slower, nearly 550 retirees will travel to Capitol Hill today to lobby their representatives. [add a minimum of five minutes to your evening commute.] Retirees Lobby Congress on Health Care Reform Nearly 550 retirees, visiting Washington for the Alliance for …