As the lame duck congress gets ready to leave Washington, all the newly elected representatives are scurrying around Capitol Hill looking for places to live. Many of them, however, aren’t looking for a house or an apartment, they are arranging for cots so they can sleep in their offices.
In an interview with Chuck Conconi on Focus Washington, Christina Wilkie, The Hill Newspaper’s In the Know columnist explained that since many of the freshmen congressmen will not move their families to Washington, they see no need to spend the additional money on an apartment that some of them can’t afford.
Most of them spend the weekends at home campaigning and raising money for the next election campaign. This, according to Wilkie, can partially explain the lack of civility on Capitol Hill. Unlike in the past, Congressional families got to know each other and the senators or congressmen developed friendships on the golf course or in other social activities. Wilkie, who also once worked for a royal family, said she is watching with fascination the plans for the upcoming British royal wedding.
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