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We’d watch it 24 hours a day if this was the usual programming. Courtesy of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

Just figured we’d ask. h/t Jennifer Bendery via David Popp UPDATE: Thank CSPAN for clearing up a few zombie questions with this video.

Rep. Barney Frank has been banned from the House Floor for a day – and not because of a dress code violation, but for breaking House rules for personally attacking another Member of Congress. [via WE] Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., received a day-long ban from speaking on the House floor …

Rep. Grace Napolitano may or may not know that’s she’s been paying homage to good ole Leap Day William on the House floor today. According to 30 Rock, LD William emerges every Leap Day to trade children’s tears for candy. Lets hope Rep. Napolitano doesn’t have a sweet tooth.  

C-SPAN video of Rep. Tonko’s “Twas the Night before Christmas” from yesterday on the House floor. [clever] h/t Jeremy Art

Rep. Weiner took to the House Floor yesterday to thank his Republican friends for rushing the NPR bill to the floor.  [hilarity ensues]

Jesse Jackson Jr. agrees with us – floor speeches are way better when they involve killer magic tricks. [Houdini] Yesterday, Jackson took to the House floor to talk about jobs.  In an effort to prove that the chronically unemployed are left out of the most current unemployment numbers, he performed …

Sometimes you have to call it how you see it… [Rep. Michele] Bachmann appeared in the chamber sporting a sleeveless top with bold trim along the neckline, which, in the buttoned-up world of Congress, would be noteworthy enough. But here’s the eyebrow-raising part: The top appeared to be the exact …

OK, so August is still here. If we aren’t on a CODEL, leading energy revolutions on the House floor, or back tracking on drilling proposals, what should we do with all of our free time? We’ve decided to take this moment to investigate where DC get its daily conventional wisdom. …

A few Republicans, according to reports, are going back to a camera-less, mic-less House floor to protest Congress leaving for summer vacation without passing energy legislation. From an email forwarded to FDC: On Monday, August 4th, Republican Members of Congress (who are going to be in DC) will meet on …