An anti-abortion group has stripped Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) of a "Defender of Life" award he was supposed to receive Wednesday night.

U.S. Captiol Police have arrested two hecklers who interrupted the proceedings on the House floor on Sunday.

Both men, William Gunn David Sanders of Massachusetts, both of Massachusetts, were ejected from the visitors gallery earlier after they shouted "kill the bill."

Gunn and Sanders were charged with disruption of Congress. They were escorted out in handcuffs at around 2 p.m. 

Democrats say they have the votes, but in case they need miracle to pass healthcare reform, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) will be praying this weekend.

The CBC announced Friday that its members will travel together to Mount Zion Baptist Church in Arlington, Va., on Sunday morning to attend the worship service only hours before the final House vote on healthcare reform.

And they're not just there to sit in the pews. CBC Chairwoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) plans to deliver a speech to the congregation during the service.

Lee (center, in blue top) isn't the only member of Congress to invoke the Almighty as healthcare negotiations reached a fever pitch. On the House floor on Friday, Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) quoted Scripture, saying Democrats will show on Sunday that "we are our brother's keeper."

Tea party activists will collide with distance runners late Saturday morning around Capitol Hill when the National Marathon nearly overlaps with a "Code Red" tea party activist rally.

The Capitol complex appears early in the 26.2 mile race route, and according to organizers, runners will begin arriving at approximately 7 a.m. In order to make room for them, East Capitol Street to Second St. N.E. and S.E., Second St., NE to Constitution Ave., and Constitution Ave. west to Third Street will will all be closed until at least 11 a.m.

This will likely inconvenience arriving tea party activists, who are planning a rally that's officially set to begin at noon. Actor Jon Voight, father of Angelina Jolie, and Dr. Milton Wolf, a second cousin of President Barack Obama's, will headline the healthcare reform opposition event.

The tea party event will be held in Upper Senate Park, but if past tea party rallies are any indication, the crowds will likely beyond the park's perimeter.

President Obama's second cousin will speak at a Tea Party rally opposing healthcare reform tomorrow, organizers announced today.

Dr. Milton Wolf, a radiologist from Kansas, published an op-ed last week decrying "Obamacare," and will join a slough of conservative lawmakers and activists on Capitol Hill tomorrow to rally against the legislation.

Joining wolf will be Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Tom Price (R-Ga.), Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), and actor Jon Voight. 

The rally is part of a larger "Take the Town Halls to Washington" project.

It's Friday, and the first round of the NCAA Tournament is offering lawmakers a chance to support something other than legislation. Namely, school pride fashion.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) got decked out in University of Missouri attire, and she wasn't shy about sharing her sartorial sense with her fans on Twitter.

She tweeted:

I know it's corny but I'm wearing my Mizzou basketball tshirt today. M I Z.

Tenth-seeded Missouri is tipping-off against seventh-seeded Clemson University in a battle of the Tigers at 2:35 p.m.

McCaskill earned both a bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Missouri. But as a sports fan, she's loyal to her conference, the Big 12, as well as her alma mater.

The first-term senator tweeted her support for other Big 12 schools in the tournament, and talked a little Twitter smack about its rival conference, saying the "Big East is overrated."

Not everyone on Capitol Hill is doing healthcare this week. In fact, one lawmaker was addressing what is a pressing problem for more than half of all Americans: Long lines for the ladies' room.

Rep. Edolphus Towns, (D-N.Y.) who chairs the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, this week introduced a bill commonly referred to as the “Potty Parity Act." If passed, it would require federal buildings to be constructed with equal numbers of toilets, urinals included, in the men's and ladies' rooms.

Towns, who appears to know an awful lot about what it's like to wait in line for the ladies' room, called the inequity, and the resulting squeeze, an, “exasperating ... inconvenience, seen in almost every type of public building.” 

And he's not alone. Two other male lawmakers and one woman co-sponsored the bipartisan measure, which was first introduced in the 110th Congress: The Committee's ranking member, Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), and Reps. Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.) and Yvette Clarke (D-NY).

In a statement put out by his office, Towns equated the shortage of ladies room toilets to broader civil rights and gender equality struggles. He also pointed out the potential health hazards of holding it in too long.

If it passes, the implementation of the Potty Parity Act may require that ladies' rooms take up more square footage than men's rooms, due to the relative size of a closed stall to a urinal.

The bill is likely to be a big hit with women who work in public spaces, including some of the older office buildings on Capitol Hill, which were built when the congressional workforce was predominantly male.

As one female congressional staffer joked to ITK, "I've been waiting my whole life for this!"

Some people name their yachts after their wives. But for Connecticut Senate candidate Linda McMahon, naming her boat was a bit more personal.

The "Sexy Bitch" is McMahon's 47 foot speedboat, and while it's not entirely certain just who the SB is, it's a pretty safe guess it's not McMahon's husband. The campaign of Rep. Rob Simmons (R-Conn.), who is running against McMahon in the Senate GOP primary, emailed a column about the boat's name to reporters on Friday.

McMahon will likely take some grief for the outlandish name for a while, but it won't be the first time a politician's yacht name choice has raised eyebrows.

Former Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.) had a yacht infamously named Monkey Business, which, photos later revealed, is exactly what the married lawmaker was engaging in with model Donna Rice.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs held his daily briefing outside in the White House Rose Garden Thursday, which is believed to be a first at the presidential mansion.

The weather was perfect as reporters filled outside, and Gibbs warned the gathered press to avoid sunburns.

"I hope you're wearing your sunscreen," Gibbs said. "I put on SPF 30, three times. That's 90 for you keeping track at home."