Is it "breaking news" if the news you break is about yourself? Subject: Breaking News: Roll Call Buys Congressional Quarterly …. Roll Call Buys Congressional Quarterly Roll Call Group on Monday announced it will purchase Congressional Quarterly, Inc. from Florida-based Times Publishing Company, bringing together two of the most well-known …

They’ve been profiled in the Politico and Roll Call and are known to turn a few heads every time they take the field. We thought you’d want to learn a little bit more about the softball team simply known as “Scared Hitless.” 1) We know Matt Pollack and Jeffrey Ostermayer …

If you work on Capitol Hill and have ever crossed the intersection of First and C St., you’ve likely had some sort of encounter with Officer Garland "Jaywalking" Thompson. Thompson, a 30 year veteran of the Capitol Hill police force best known for his whistle and absent sense of humor, …

We’re almost there. The 4th of July break is right around the corner. (Photo courtesy of Tom Williams Working III )

FishbowlDC: ‘CQ’ to Join ‘Roll Call’ Under Economist Group While other publications are talking about breaking even next year, Roll Call is buying up everyone in D.C. What’s next? Roll Call Sports Illustrated Roll Call Playboy Roll Call Readers Digest

The losing streak is over. For the first time in eight years, Democratic lawmakers were able to defeat Republicans in the annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball game.  [pounding] Final score: 15-10 Highlights included, but were not limited to: Thad McCotter sprinting to first – only to get taken out for …

Republicans vs. Democrats Members of Congress playing baseball Staffers drinking on a school night Yep, this sounds like a great opportunity for live Twitter updates. A few FamousDC editors are sending real time updates from the baseball game. You can check it out here: www.twitter.com/FamousDC

FamousDC birthday wishes go out to Mr. John Stanton. Happy birthday you crazy, bar bouncing, Congress reporting, firework selling, American badass.

Congratulations to Shira’s Steelers

Here’s whats happening in our neck of the woods…. Patrick O’Connor: Members cheer vote at GOP retreat … Julian Sanchez: Court: No right to shout ‘douchebag’ in a crowded blog … WTOP: Boy’s Birthday present is dad back from Iraq … Glenn Thrush: New members are $1m richer, on average …

Howard Mortman recently broke our hearts when he decided to close down his blog and take a job at CSPAN.  And while the political internets won’t be the same without him, we’re comforted to know that Mortman’s new challenge involves attempting to make CSPAN hip. The only question left:  Just …

Roll Call recently released it’s Fabulous 50 Capitol Hill Staffers list.  No, not the one with the good looking people, the other one.   You know, the one that highlights the, uh, smart ones. Of course there were your usual suspects: Brendan Daly John Lawrence Paula Nowakowski Brian Wolff But in …

Rachel McEney is having a big Friday [Senatized]

It looks like there were some pissed off Deaniacs yesterday. JoMa: Lei-off: Obama Snubs Dean “The snub today was no accident,” said one Dean ally. “I guarantee you he would have rescheduled his trip if asked to attend. It’s easy to [screw] over people when you are riding high in …

We hope you enjoyed the break, got everything you wanted for Christmas, didn’t have to take a cab and also had time to untag all of your embarrassing NYE Facebook pictures. Let’s fire this thing up again, shall we? Alex Pareene’s Top 10 People Who Should Be Unemployed in 2009 …