Posts with the tag hill

This Week On The Hill

SoCapBrad — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:07:37 EDT

If you're a Hill intern, you know that this is a big week - although most of you still have a week's worth of work left (I'm here till the end of the month, natch), your bosses will all be disapparating to their districts to do that constituent "service" thing. That means that this week, they have to finish up everything they've been putting out all summer, which means Whip Dinners every night (kabobs tonight? too bad it's members only) and crazy hearings and procedural votes every day. Here are the highlights:

Donald Rumsfeld @ Oversight and Government Reform: Wednesday, 10am, 2154 Rayburn. The topic is whether Pat Tillman was caught in the crossfire or just plain murdered.

Library of Congress Ice Cream Social: Wednesday, 6pm, LOC Thomas Jefferson Building. Members, staff, and press...and free ice cream.

US Attorneys Investigation: Thursday, 10am, 226 Dirksen. Karl Rove and his deputy Scott Jennings have been subpoenaed to testify, which has as great a likelihood of happening as Cindy Sheehan becoming the next Representative from San Francisco. It should still be entertaining to see all the Senators' righteous anger at being snubbed.

Hot Dogs? Hot Dogs!

SoCapBrad — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:04:43 EDT

I know you're all sick of hearing about food and probably wish I was doing my usual post about some crazy party, but I can't really give up this particular event:

Tomorrow (which is probably today by the time you read this, and in any case to clear up confusion I mean Wednesday, by which I mean July 18, 2007. A.D.) is the American Meat Institute's (!?) famous annual Hot Dog Lunch. Located in the Rayburn Courtyard with the grills firing up at 11:30, the day promises to be memorable for the sheer amounts of beef...or pork...well, it's some kind of meat that we'll be eating. In various forms, too: last year featured hot dogs, of course, but also corn dogs and other forms of dog that can only be dreamed of. And it's free, because hot dogs cost less than $8 and thus don't violate the gift ban, thank god.

But wait, it gets better. Last year, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), in their slight insanity, hired two Playboy Playmates to hand out veggie dogs and convince people to become vegans.

Yes, this is the one event not to miss this summer, the one that makes all those ridiculous unpaid hours worthwhile. So go forth, eat hot dogs, and then post comments with pictures or something (Can you even do that? Let's find out.).

This Week on the Hill

SoCapBrad — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:35:57 EDT

This week on the Hill:

Congressional Food Stamps Fair: The Food Research and Action Center and Hatcher Group Faces of Food Stamps bring us this event, listed in CongressDaily under "Social Issues," in HC-5 right now. Is there free food? Probably, but I bet it's awkward.

Judiciary Hearing on Presidential Clemency Power: 2141 Rayburn, noon. Come to hear Joe Wilson on how someone can ruin your career, break the law, and get off scot free.

HELP Hearing on Dr. James Holsinger's Nomination to be Surgeon General: 430 Dirksen, 10am. Is it OK for the Surgeon General to think gay people are inherently immoral? Probably not.

Hearing of the Week - Harriet Miers on the U.S. Attorneys Scandal: 2141 Rayburn, 10am. Harriet Miers returns to the Hill after her disastrous Supreme Court nomination, this time to defend the political firings of United States Attorneys! Sure to be hilarious if you're into that kind of thing, or find amnesia funny.

Ice Cream Festival

SoCapBrad — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:04:53 EDT

Ice cream festival, starting right now, Upper Senate Park (Delaware and Constitution). Need you know more?