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Once Upon a Mattress

Preparations were under way on Tuesday for an all-nighter in the Senate, and HOH is perfectly happy to leave all questions of parliamentary procedure (yawn) and policy substance to the experts. Instead, she offers the skinny on what’s really important here. Namely, the cots the Senators will be sleeping on.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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30 Hill Aides to Know

30 Hill Aides to Know

The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

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