Congress is no stranger to slashing budgets, holding nominees, boarding flights and fighting — lots and lots of fighting. Such behavior is tolerated — and often applauded — on the Hill. But come Wednesday night, should lawmakers do any slashing, holding, boarding or fighting, they’ll be sent to the penalty box.
Politics may be no-holds barred, but hockey has rules that everyone, members of the legislative branch included, have to follow when they play in the Congressional Hockey Challenge.
The annual event has the Lobbyists facing off against the Lawmakers, a squad headlined by a few congressmen but filled out with current and former aides. The puck drops Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the MedStar Capitals Iceplex, the Washington Capitals’ practice facility in Arlington.
