By the time the last votes rolled around Wednesday evening in the House of Representatives, lawmakers who’d participated in all-night markups were, well, dragging.
It was clear in the ways they moved throughout the Capitol: Some were walking and talking a little slower than usual, or were blinking through bloodshot eyes; others were quick to leave the Capitol after late-afternoon votes Wednesday, hoping to catch up on sleep.
“You’re telling me I look like I haven’t shaved or something?” Republican Rep. Russ Fulcher asked, pointing to his 5 o’clock-plus shadow. “You can tell the real men, because the real men look like they haven’t shaved today. The wussies, they don’t have to shave every day.”