Heard on Hill: Bad News at the Pump — and the Tap

• By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
• Roll Call Staff
• June 24, 2008, Midnight

Consumers might be spitting mad over rising gas costs, but hell hath no fury like a Congressional staffer whose drink prices are raised on him. The Democratic National Club, the House-side meeting, dining and drinking spot for those of the Democratic persuasion, announced on Monday that prices for booze are going — you guessed it — up.