While we all know it is not unusual for some male lobbyists to lack serious boundaries with female Hill staffers, there is a growing trend among K Streeters that seems to circumvent professionalism…and enraged me enough to delay writing a constituent letter or two, and write this. In the past …

There have been a lot of reactions to The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful List, a tradition 11 years in the running, but we’ve collected a few of the best here. Enjoy. Best Use of Smarmy Sarcasm “Scientifically speaking, the most beautiful person on the hill would be a well-oiled sailor …

The loss—the GOP’s fifth in a row and their worst in over 85 years—proved so frustrating that some members asked Speaker of the House John Boehner to fire Barton, who has been a part of the game for 28 years. “Where has there been a shortstop that didn’t bat?” asks …

Recess weeks can be a blissful break for a burned out staffer. Here’s how it usually goes. Last day of votes before a recess week. This is you. This is you, inside. Things are tense around the office. Very tense. Your boss is leaving. This is your face as you …

If you’ve yet to catch the web series Cap South, you’re missing out. Cap South takes a humorous, and often times over the top look at everyday life on Capitol Hill. After enjoying a lot of success and plenty of good ink this past season, the final episode was posted …

Capitol Hill is full of funny, bizarre and otherwise interesting moments that don’t happen anywhere else in this country –  moments happen at least once, if not multiple times a day. Most of us ignore them, because they’ve become so common, while others of us can’t believe they continue to …

POLITICO’s Macenzie Weinger breaks down the “revolving door” that never stops spinning. Nearly 5,400 former staffers have jumped from Congress to K Street in the past decade, according to a new study. The congressional aides, along with almost 400 former lawmakers, became lobbyists after leaving Capitol Hill in the last 10 …

The top aides to House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi participated in a national moment of silence earlier this morning. President Obama ordered the national observance in tribute to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the victims of the shooting rampage in Tucson that left six people dead. …

This will make staff think twice before sneaking into the Whip Dinners for a plate of food before they’ve been told to do so. [nervous?] In another statement of the new House Republican majority’s commitment to the Constitution, aides to incoming Speaker John Boehner plan to take their oath of …

What’s more fascinating, the fact that the House of Reps staff store still sells these, or that a quarter of them are gone? h/t BA

Last month we wrote this about Hugo Chavez joining Twitter: This outta get real stupid, real quick. Apparently it has. [seriously?] Chavez says, he has been overwhelmed by nearly 54,000 messages from supporters, critics and people writing to ask for help with a problem or lodge a complaint. On Thursday, …

Politico’s Erika Lovley: House aides dish on unhappy meals “Our staff are dedicated employees and they can’t afford to eat every day downstairs,” Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) told Beard during the hearing. “We should probably have at least one vendor like a Subway. Five-dollar footlong, five-dollar footlong — whatever.” Whatever …

Two weeks ago Parker Griffith [D R – Confused] switched political parties.  His staff was apparently not amused. Most of Rep. Parker Griffith’s staff resigned Monday morning, nearly two weeks after the former Blue Dog Democrat announced his intention to join the Republican Party.  [bye bye, boss] Any Parker staff …

Why so few?  We hear Bo has 34.  [many hands make light work] If she’s looking to hire more, we could free up some time.

Every now and then a FamousDC post will fire up a few people. We posted on May 14th about a story that Roll Call’s Emily Yehle and DCist’s Sommer Mathis also covered. FamousDC: Drunk Man Enters Hart Senate Office Building – Attempts to Bar Hop That same day a comment …