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Product Placement for Edwards

May 19, 12 a.m.

Someone flipping through the campaign finance reports of Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) was stunned — stunned! — to see an expenditure for $1,815.27 paid out to the “New York Hairspray Company” in February.

Keep the Day Job

May 15, 12 a.m.

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) decided to tape a little ditty, to the tune of the “Beverly Hillbillies,” to voice her support for the Democrats who have gone AWOL from the Texas Legislature.

Bad Connection

May 14, 12 a.m.

In a stunning scene played out at the end of a long profile of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R) in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, the Tennessean is depicted sandbagging one of his colleagues.

Trouble in Paradise?

May 12, 12 a.m.

In addition to going on at length about the couple’s prenup and her regular Botox treatments, ketchup queen Teresa Heinz Kerry may have given Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) another reason for indigestion.

Gephardt’s Girl Power

May 8, 12 a.m.

Look for Chrissy Gephardt, who has not hidden the fact that she is a lesbian, to be a very public advocate of the presidential aspirations of her father, Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.).

Bully Pulpit?

May 7, 12 a.m.

As if he doesn’t have enough trouble, eyewitnesses say Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) got into a nasty battle with the Rev. Michael Dobbins, a Roman Catholic priest, at the Congressman’s parish of Blessed Sacrament in Alexandria, Va., this past Sunday.

Bluntly Speaking

May 5, 12 a.m.

Conservatives were stunned to read a faxed version of a notice from House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) inviting staffers to his regular 10 a.m. legislative briefing last Friday on a bill just about to hit the House floor.

Ground Chuck

May 1, 12 a.m.

The partisanship on the Senate Judiciary Committee has gotten so bad that Chairman Orrin Hatch (R), the straight-laced Mormon from Utah, essentially called Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) a “dumb ass” at Wednesday’s hearing.

What’s in a Name?

April 30, 12 a.m.

The heat from conservatives over the botched tax-cut deal may be getting to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

Major League Exit

April 28, 12 a.m.

President Bush and Vice President Cheney can breathe a bit easier about at least one part of the upcoming 2004 presidential campaign: Pesky New York Times scribe Adam Clymer won’t be shadowing them on the trail.

Largent Hangs ’Em Up.

April 21, 12 a.m.

Former Rep. Steve Largent (R), the surprise loser in last year’s Oklahoma gubernatorial race, tells HOH that he’s through running for office.

Berry Big Problem

April 14, 12 a.m.

Just a few days after Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-N.J.) nearly lost his official Member lapel pin at a Georgetown bar, Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan.) misplaced his BlackBerry wireless device at a Capitol Hill saloon.

Multiple Choice.

April 10, 12 a.m.

Rival presidential camps were chuckling Wednesday about a memo from the campaign of Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) that didn’t leave anything to chance for today’s mass endorsement by 10 House Democrats.

Coleman Under Fire.

April 9, 12 a.m.

Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) spent most of Tuesday dodging criticism over the freshman’s claim in Monday’s edition of Roll Call that he is a “99 percent improvement” over the late Sen. Paul Wellstone (D).

Sharp Elbows

April 7, 12 a.m.

Republican tongues were wagging Friday over a screaming match that Senate GOP Conference Chairman Rick Santorum (Pa.) and Budget Chairman Don Nickles (Okla.) had near the Senate floor late Thursday night.

Daschle Blinded By the Left?

April 3, 12 a.m.

Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.), who’s still digging out from the fallout of criticizing President Bush’s “failed diplomacy” leading up to the war in Iraq, apparently isn’t afraid to keep going to the partisan well.

Rummy’s Fish Story

April 2, 12 a.m.

While Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld isn’t too popular with uniformed officers at the Pentagon or on the front lines in Iraq these days, he seemed to be having a pretty cozy conversation with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Richard Myers at Sushi-Ko on Friday night.

Sex, Awards and Videotape

March 31, 12 a.m.

In their search for hard money, House Republicans truly broke some new ground recently by awarding Harry Weiss, president of Weiss and Associates, their National Leadership Award and appointing him California co-chairman of the Business Advisory Council.

Bain of Frist’s Existence

March 27, 12 a.m.

As has been long expected but never officially acknowledged, Mitch Bainwol is leaving as chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.).

Slaughter-house Jive

March 26, 12 a.m.

While most lawmakers have suspended fundraising or are at least trying to be low-key about politicking with war raging in Iraq, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) is taking a different tact.

Oh, Nellie

March 24, 12 a.m.

In yet another bad sign for President Bush’s $726 billion tax-cut plan, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) last week chewed out David Hobbs, the White House’s chief Congressional liaison.

Worth Noting

March 20, 12 a.m.

Tim Russert is no longer satisfied with just beating ABC News like a drum in the Sunday-morning ratings race.

Frist Responder

March 19, 12 a.m.

Mere hours after getting an injection of the smallpox vaccine on Friday, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) was spotted in swank Aspen, Colo., getting ready to hit the slopes for some weekend skiing.

Levin’s Homeland Insecurity

March 17, 12 a.m.

It turns out that the office of Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who has been a sharp critic of the Bush administration’s handling of terrorism issues, gave out the pass that allowed two people to make it into the Capitol and spark a major bomb scare.

French Connection

March 13, 12 a.m.

While House Administration Chairman Bob Ney (R-Ohio) has instituted “Freedom Fries” in the cafeterias to express his displeasure with a certain country, it turns out that the lawmaker’s own French roots are pretty deep.

Blonds Have More Fun?

March 12, 12 a.m.

On a day when he was coming under fire over comments he made about Jewish-Americans, a weary-sounding Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) returned a call to HOH to clear up another more mundane matter.

Dude, Dayton Is Mad

March 10, 12 a.m.

Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) has a message for the folks at Dell Computer Corp.: Dude, you should have paid more attention to my phone calls looking for technical support.

Coleman Grill-ed

March 6, 12 a.m.

In a private rebuffing somewhat akin to a college hazing, freshman Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) got a bit of a tongue-lashing from Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) at a closed-door meeting of centrists on Tuesday.

Another Switch?

March 5, 12 a.m.

Party-switching Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) had a little trouble remembering his current party affiliation during an event Friday to promote his new book at Politics & Prose.

Gods and Press Secretaries

March 3, 12 a.m.

Ken Johnson, the outspoken spokesman for House Energy and Commerce Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), made quite a scene at a meeting of GOP communicators last week.

Whodunit?

Feb. 27, 12 a.m.

Whodunit? Senate Democrats were chuckling Wednesday after a GOP aide apparently left a copy of Majority Leader Bill Frist’s (R-Tenn.) semi-secret plan for the floor schedule for the next six weeks lying near the chamber.

All About the Benjamins

Feb. 26, 12 a.m.

In a development that may make his long-shot presidential campaign even more quixotic, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has just $7,892 sitting in his House campaign account.

It’s the Book, Stupid

Feb. 24, 12 a.m.

In addition to working on a new political drama for HBO and snagging a cameo in the new movie “Old School” starring Will Farrell, James Carville has signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to pen a new book advising Democrats on how to find their way out of the political wilderness.

Political Food Fight

Feb. 17, 12 a.m.

There was a very interesting menu when Senate Republicans held a closed-door Conference meeting as they worked late into the night Wednesday to fight a filibuster against the judicial nomination of Miguel Estrada.

Unholy Alliance?

Feb. 13, 12 a.m.

Attention all conspiracy theorists who despair about “one-world” government: It’s starting to look like the Rockefellers and Mellons are taking over the Senate Select Intelligence Committee.

Lieberman Dish

Feb. 12, 12 a.m.

Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) was spotted Monday lunching with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney in a quiet section of the Phoenix Park Hotel, becoming just the latest presidential candidate to court organized labor in advance of the 2004 race.

Leave No Secretary Behind?

Feb. 10, 12 a.m.

Democrats have been chuckling about a letter they received last week from Education Secretary Rod Paige that suggests the nation’s top educator may need to head back to school.

Foot in Mouth

Feb. 6, 12 a.m.

Since he’s a nuclear physicist by training, Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.) can justifiably claim to be a rocket scientist.

Pelosi Cuts the Rug

Feb. 5, 12 a.m.

The highlight of the House Democratic retreat in Pennsylvania, according to attendees, was Minority Whip Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) dancing with two longtime rivals, Reps. John Dingell (Mich.) and Bob Menendez (N.J.).

First the Majority, Now This?

Feb. 3, 12 a.m.

Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.) poked fun at President Bush’s long-ago drunk driving arrest and even joked about some ambulance-chasing by Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) at “The Funniest Celebrity in Washington” contest last week.

State of the Media Is Angry

Jan. 30, 12 a.m.

President Bush raised some eyebrows — and bruised plenty of egos — among the media elite when he called in just 11 conservative newspaper and magazine columnists for off-the-record chats one day before the State of the Union.

Left-Wing ‘West Wing’?

Jan. 29, 12 a.m.

Republican eyebrows were raised last week when an e-mail promoting the fact that NBC’s “The West Wing” was in the D.C. area shooting scenes for next season seemed to confirm suspicions that the show has a clear liberal bias.

Elton’s Song

Jan. 27, 12 a.m.

In his rush to support a potential war in Iraq, Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.) has apparently misplaced his copy of the Constitution.

Hello, Strom

Jan. 20, 12 a.m.

Upon hearing that President Bush visited injured military personnel at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Friday, HOH wanted to know whether the commander in chief paid a visit to former Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.).

Daschle’s State of the Union

Jan. 16, 12 a.m.

In a harbinger of the aggressive attack that Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle (S.D.) plans to launch on President Bush’s legislative agenda over the next two years, the Democrat is quietly planning a major economic speech that will serve as a pre-emptive strike against the president’s State of the Union address.

Byrd’s Land Grab

Jan. 15, 12 a.m.

Byrd’s Land Grab. Sen. Robert Byrd’s (D-W.Va.) demand for more office space in the Capitol may result in the powerful lawmaker taking over a chunk of the “Refectory,” the historic dining hall on the first floor that has served lawmakers and tourists since the mid-19th century.

Lotta Seating Assignments

Jan. 13, 12 a.m.

With speculation swirling that Sen. Trent Lott is going to find ways to get back at President Bush for helping to push the Mississippi Republican out of the Majority Leader job, Hill aides are buzzing about one lever Lott could exploit to get some revenge.

Hillary Sacks New Jersey

Jan. 9, 12 a.m.

If Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) launches a presidential campaign in 2008 (or sooner), she may have a hard time carrying the neighboring state of New Jersey.

Byrds of a Feather

Jan. 8, 12 a.m.

Sens. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), two men who have gotten into hot water for race-related remarks in the past couple of years, have something else in common: They’re both likely to get fancy titles that will enable them to keep their taxpayer-funded cars and chauffeurs.

Unguided Missile

Jan. 6, 12 a.m.

As House Republicans get ready to dole out their committee assignments this week, French President Jacques Chirac had better hope that irascible Rep.-elect Bill Janklow (R-S.D.) doesn’t wind up on the International Relations Committee.