Bring beer, make friends: New congressman tries to bring 6-pack to House floor
There are few smiles coming out of Washington D.C. these days, but Rep. Joe Cunningham managed to prompt a few Friday when he tried to walk onto the House floor with a six-pack of beer.
The newly elected Democrat from South Carolina didn’t quite make it that far, stopped before he could enter.
The beer was a gift for Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., a co-chair of the House Small Brewers Caucus, Cunningham said on Twitter.
“Making friends when you’re a freshman is hard and I thought I’d grease the skids with some Lowcountry beer,” Cunningham said on Twitter. He added that DeFazio eventually received the beer. “Can I join the beer caucus now?”
Read more: https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2019/01/bring-beer-make-friends-new-congressman-tries-to-bring-6-pack-to-house-floor.html
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