Congress

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** FILE ** Tom Schatz, President of the Council for Citizens against Government Waste, center, accompanied by Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., left, and Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, to discuss their worst spending projects of the 111th Congress. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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The government may be shut, but the "business of handsomeness" in the nation's capital shouldn't be compromised, says a fancy retailer offering a 15 percent discount to federal workers now on furlough. Members of Congress, however, need not inquire. (Grooming Lounge)

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Rick Hohensee of Washington, D.C. wears a box on his head and holds a sign that reads, "Fire Congress" as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrats call on Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) to end the government shutdown at a press conference on the House east front steps of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Disability rights activists with ADAPT are turned away from the U.S. Capitol Building as they try to deliver a letter to Congress demanding the end to the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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George Mason student Rachel Reese of Washington, D.C. sucks on a pacifier and holds up a sign that reads, "Congress Stop Being Babies!" as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrats call on Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) to end the government shutdown at a press conference on the House east front steps of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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George Mason student Rachel Reese, left, and Georgetown Jordana Hoyt, right, of Washington, D.C. suck on pacifiers and holds up a sign that reads, "Congress Stop Being Babies!" as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrats call on Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) to end the government shutdown at a press conference on the House east front steps of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Disability rights activists with ADAPT are turned away from the U.S. Capitol Building as they try to deliver a letter to Congress demanding the end to the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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George Mason University student Rachel Reese, a D.C. resident, sucks on a pacifier and holds up a sign that reads, "Congress Stop Being Babies!" as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats call on House Speaker John A. Boehner to end the government shutdown at a news conference on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday. (PHOTOGRAPHS BY Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)