Pelosi Takes Hastert’s Other Office

[rodeodance]

Pelosi Takes Hastert’s Other Office

Thursday, Nov. 9; 4:40 pm

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) wasn’t “on the clock” very long in the first day of the biennial House office lottery before she snagged the personal office of the man whose other office she had just won on Tuesday — Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.).

Staffers for Pelosi indicated that the Speaker-to-be had picked room 235 in the Cannon House Office Building to be her office space on Thursday. That room, a 1,515 square-foot modular office just steps from the Independence Avenue and First Street entrance on the second floor of Cannon, had just been given up minutes before by Hastert.

The outgoing Speaker surrendered his Cannon office digs in exchange for room 2304 in the Rayburn House Office building. Also a modular office, 2304 Rayburn is a 1,209 square-foot office on the third floor of Rayburn facing Independence Avenue. It had been vacated earlier in the lottery by 11-term Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.).

[MADem]

1. Would you have a link? Any more swaps mentioned? NT

[hwmnbn]

2. hmmm.. 1,209 sq. ft.......

Will he fit?

I'm glad they are leaving the penthouse for the basement.

[rodeodance]

4. sorry, but a friend sent me it by email, no link

[mtnsnake]

7. The cushion on Hastert's office chair alone is over 1200 sq ft

[Vorta]

3. This kind of BS irritates me

Moving offices costs money. Doing it for reasons other than necessity means it's wasteful of our tax money.

[Frances]

5. I want Pelosi to have a space that makes it easiest for her

to do business that will protect the interests of the middle class.

[rodeodance]

6. what is wasteful about this? ---she does NOT have an office till now.

[jaysunb]

10. Yes she does (have an office)

I've been there and can say , " it's pretty damn nice!" But of course fat Denny has/had the bigger and nicer.....

[bobbie]

13. You too? Her old office is spectacular. In the capitol, 2nd floor...

With that amazing outer lounge area with groupings of meeting areas. All in sort of European style. But it was cramped, esp the outer office area where secretaries had their desks. So I understand if she wants more room, and the rewards that go with the office she earned....But those senate office buildings have so little character compared to the capitol offices.

[jaysunb]

14. Yes, it was cramped

we had to have our meeting ( about 15 people) in a basement meeting room.

[KingFlorez]

8. She's the new Speaker, so she gets a new office

A lot of moving take place among anyway after elections.

[Vorta]

12. It wasn't directed at Pelosi so much as The Hill culture. eom

[grasswire]

9. I hope she has a trusted expert sweep it for bugs

Really. Rove is legendary for planting bugs.

[kenny blankenship]

11. You better "sweep" that office really well before settling in Nancy

It's probably bugged worse than the US embassy in Bejing, or the Chinese embasssy in Washington.