We said it in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and in the title of this post, but we’ll say it again. Matt Lira is awesome. Today is his first day back on the Hill via Harvard. He has taken a position with Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office. Ya dig?

Be sure to wish GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy and his Communications Director Sarah Pompei Happy Birthday today!   And here’s a picture of Sarah from the talented Mr. Tom Williams:

Washington, D.C. loves nothing more than a good list. Good news for us, GQ magazine just released their 50 Most Powerful People in Washington, and the bickering about the list has already begun. [WaPo] Is Eric Cantor really the most powerful person in Washington? Do a couple of party planners …

HOH’s One-Minute Recess: ’Tis the Season for Trash Talk By Neda Semnani Sept. 12, 2011, 12:37 p.m. Whether on a chamber floor, in a committee hearing or at happy hour, Hill folk are known for big talk and bigger egos. So it is no surprise, perhaps, that the start of …

Tony Horton is everywhere.  POLITICO’s Patrick Gavin recently stood up with Tony and talked to him about P90X, the workout program taking Capitol Hill by storm. “It all started with Heath Shuler and Paul Ryan,” said Horton. “They’d go into the congressional gym, and they were doing P90X while everybody …

Which political party is better at using the tubes? It’s the been the age-old question for the past several years and frankly, one that keeps us up at night. Democrats claim they continue to dominate online.  Twittering Republicans argue while that was the case, it’s no longer true. Case in …

Last night the Washington Press Club Foundation hosted its 876th annual Congressional Dinner.  We hear the food was undercooked, but the entertainment was well done. Some of the talent on stage to deliver the laughs included:  Sen. Klobuchar, Rep. McCarthy and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  Below are the best jokes of …

Either Old Man McCain was napping or he didn’t feel his meeting with five powerful members of the House of Reps was important enough to attend yesterday. On Monday afternoon, McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin was scheduled to meet with Reps. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), John Campbell (R-Calif.), Kevin …