Watch John Boehner Work the Room at The Monocle!

Satirist Mark Russell kept them laughing at the 50th Anniversary of The Monocle, Capitol Hill‘s watering hole for Congressional members, as he rapped with former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson. Speaker-to-be John Boehner did what he does best while getting brownie points for installing a ladies room close to the voting chamber. Senator Tom Harkin recalls his early days at The Monocle.