For the second consecutive year, FamousDC and the National Confectioners Association brought together the biggest names in politics, media and influence — from Capitol Hill to K Street — for an evening celebrating #NationalCandyMonth. Guests gathered at Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar just steps from the Capitol dome to enjoy …

LeBron James plays basketball. Bryce Harper hits game winning home runs. Michael Steel gives statements. “If Taylor Swift and Katy Perry did a joint concert at Madison Square Garden wearing white-and-gold and black-and-blue dresses, accompanied by dancing sharks and llamas, that’s the only way you’d have a tougher ticket,” said …

Alright hill friends, here is a PRO TIP. Pay attention to those Press Secretaries and Legislative Assistants down the hall. Because today they may be focused on committee mark-ups and weekly newsletters, but in a few short years they’ll have amazing jobs and basically be running sh*t. Oh, and they …

Famous congratulations are in order for Michael Steel and Mary Kathryn Covert. The two were engaged last night on the Speaker’s Balcony as they enjoyed Fourth of July fireworks. Photo h/t Bryant Avondoglio

Washington Life’s latest Young & The Guest List is an annual list of DC’s most influential “under 40 leaders.” Patrick Gavin at POLITICO has the latest list details: [sneak peak] Huma Abedin (senior advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton), Ali Campoverdi (assistant to the White House Deputy Chief of …

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 …

Ben Pershing started a new feature where he talks to the top communications staffers for the Rs and Ds in the House and Senate. Which staffer will first take this opportunity to go Back to the Future? It looks like House Minority Leader Boehner’s spokesman Michael Steel is up to …

Anxiety 101:  If you’re a reporter, and you have a story that might put fire to sleep – there are tricks that can be used in order to spice up your piece. [Journalistic integrity] Each journalist uses different techniques – some fair, others not so much.  In the case of …

House Minority Leader John Boehner is defying direct orders from the wildly popular Chief Administration Officer Dan Beard, and refusing to take down his earmark reform website. According to Roll Call, the website URL was approved back in August, but now that the site has thousands of views, and has …

The Politico thinks it’s put together a pretty comprehensive list of power-playing politicos, and while some of their choices are suspect, [see for yourself] the FamousDC editors do agree with some of the choices made.  Congressional Staffers Neil Bradley: POSITION: Policy director to House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) REASON …

Bres: House Republicans call for moratorium on earmarks EE: House Republicans Know How to Play the Game Lewis: Breaking: GOP Leadership Proposes Earmark Moratorium Pear: House Republicans Urge Earmark Moratorium JK: House GOP shelves earmark moratorium plan, seeks bipartisan panel AP: House GOP Proposes Earmarks Moratorium Gavin: Reporters Covering the …

Suite Talk Drucker to Glover Duberstein to ASP Hiemov to Winning Strategies Washington Morton Bowlin to QGA Lizarraga to Speaker’s office Kennedy out – Steel in — Boehnerland Also in Boehnerland…Maurer out/Maurer in