"I'm somewhat reluctant to come back to Washington. Last year I showed up here, I was hanged in the White House. This time, I've returned to see my vice president getting busted in the Capitol." - Former President George W. Bush, referring to his 2012 portrait unveiling and the placement of a marble bust of Dick Cheney in the U.S. Capitol.

America has the Democratic party and the Republican party but the nation's capital is the home of the Cocktail Party. A survey of congressional staff found that 47 percent of staffers attend social events as part of their job once or twice a week. Government data shows the District of Columbia with a higher percentage of adult binge drinkers (22 percent) as compared to the national average of 16 percent.

As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton actively promoted fracking  for oil and natural gas in Africa and other countries and heavily supported the Export-Import Bank of the United States in spending billions of dollars on financing huge fracking projects. Now, as a candidate for president, she opposes fracking.