Reply #106: As I recall it....

[sofa king]

In a lot of ways, Congress resembles a university, or more often a fraternity at a university. As such, Congress has a large dorm system. It used to be official, but I don't know if it still is. Other Members shack up with one another because they at least are bound by the same rules of confidentiality, and lack thereof. There have been all sorts of unusual pairings in DC, not a single one of which I can recall beyond James Buchanan and Rufus King, who lived together for sixteen years before going on to be President and Vice President in later times.

Years ago I knew a lobbyist with an inside track on a particular Republican Member of Congress because that guy lived with the lobbyist's good friend, a Democratic Member of Congress--an odd-couple living arrangement which was noted for its humorous potential, but which was hardly unique. Now I really do wish I could remember who they were.

Most of those relationships are not even remotely suspected of being sexual. Rather, many Members of Congress make something of a show of "just visiting," either because they're one-or-two termers or because they want to let their consituents know that they still "live" at home, or because the rest of the family does not wish to relocate, or because they're such sluts that they don't need a bed of their own.