Like many Washingtonians, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Wednesday morning had no desire to go outside in the morning amid blizzard conditions, even to plow snow. 

The freshman senator did, however, say that she might attempt to work in her Capitol Hill office later in the day.

She tweeted:

Stating the obvious, it's a blizzard in DC. Gonna give it a couple of hours and then try to go to the office. High winds=fuhgetaboutplowin

Fuhgeddaboudit!!

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), who was sworn in last Thursday after having won a special election to fill the seat of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D), will pen a memoir, his office announced.

Brown was approached by publishers to write a book, details of which will be handled by D.C. lawyer Robert Barnett. The deal will have to be approved by the Senate Ethics Committee.

"He will tell his story in a book in hopes of providing insight and encouragement to others and also to ensure that the record is complete and accurate," Brown spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said in a statement.

"Part of the book proceeds will be donated to charity," she added. "Sen. Brown will work with a collaborator so he can continue to focus fully on his service to the people of Massachusetts, which is, and always will be, his first priority."

Brown was improbably elected over state Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) in the special election last month, a victory that gave the Senate GOP enough votes to sustain a filibuster of Democratic priorities.

Washington's rough winter has not impressed Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.).

Burris on Tuesday told The Hill that his home state of Illinois is accustomed to far worse storms.

"This is nothing," Burris said. "This is April in Chicago."

Burris isn't the only politician from Illinois who likes to talk smack about the snow.

The man Burris replaced in the upper chamber, President Barack Obama, has made similar quips.

In January of 2009, Obama said, "My children's school was canceled today, because of what, some ice? As my children pointed out, in Chicago, school is never canceled."

"When it comes to the weather, folks in Washington don't seem to be able to handle things," Obama said, adding he would have to inject "some flinty Chicago toughness" into Washingtonians.

The 2010 White House Music Series officially kicked off Tuesday afternoon with a workshop in advance of the evening's concert, which celebrated music from the Civil Rights Movement.

The musical events had been originally scheduled for Wednesday, but were switched at the last minute because of weather forecasts, forcing performers and press to scramble in order to be there.

The workshop was was titled "Music that Inspired a Movement," and about 75 high school-aged students from all around the country filled the seats.

On stage, Motown legend Smokey Robinson led an ensemble cast of performers that included Grammy award-winners Yolanda Adams, Blind Boys of Alabama, and members of the a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock.

Participants explained the importance of music to the non-violent civil rights protests of the early 1960's, both because it bonded protesters and it helped assuage fears. Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, and Charles Neblett, all participants in the Civil Rights Movement, spoke of being jailed for their protests, of marching with slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and of the power of music to unite the cause.

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) will be on The Colbert Report, his office announced on Tuesday. Dodd will discuss his constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court's recent ruling on campaign finance -- a topic that is hard to make funny. But host Stephen Colbert will likely find a way.

In an ironic twist, Kristin Davis, the now bleached blonde Manhattan madam whose former client was former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D), just announced she will run for governor of New York.

Her blog, manhattanmadam.com’s most recent post is titled “Why I will run for Governor in 2010.” Davis is deciding whether to run as Libertarian Party candidate or she may opt to decide to form her own party, she stated. Her platform includes legalization of prostitution, marijuana and gay marriage.

Davis is set to seek the help of GOP operative Roger Stone, who worked for a few Republicans presidents, according to The New York Daily News.

The madam recently became an advocate for women’s rights. Stone swears the announcement isn’t a hoax.

The House suspended votes for the rest of the week because of the impending snowstorm while the Senate may cancel votes on Wednesday.
 
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that after consulting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) it became clear that Tuesday's approaching snowstorm was preventing too many members from returning to Washington.

Forecasts predict another 10 to 20 inches could be dumped on the Capitol Tuesday evening and continue into Wednesday.
 
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the Senate may be out of session Wednesday because of weather issues.
 
The Senate moved up its Tuesday votes. The upper chamber was scheduled to start votes at 5 p.m. but aides said votes would begin as early as 3:45 p.m.
 
The chamber is scheduled to vote on the controversial nomination of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board, and Reid said the vote may be held open for a prolonged period of time. The Senate is also scheduled to vote on Joseph Greenway's nomination for U.S. Circuit judge.
 
"The issue before the Senate today is what we do with Mother Nature," Reid said on the Senate floor Tuesday. "Mother Nature has been very difficult to deal with... We are contemplating, if we can work out the procedural difficulties, not being in session tomorrow."
 
Reid said he hopes to secure an agreement on a vote on a job-growth package this week, most likely on Thursday. He said decisions would be made on the chamber's schedule "in the next few hours."
 
The Senate is scheduled to be in recess next week to observe President's Day.
 
The House also will keep to its scheduled recess next week, meaning the next House vote will be the following week.
 
Hoyer - one of a handful of members in the Capitol - told reporters Tuesday morning that he planned to move scheduled votes up a day to Monday, Feb. 22. He added that it was possible that the House would meet on Friday, Feb. 19.
 
Despite having just returned from a bipartisan White House meeting to discuss the economy, jobs and healthcare, the first three questions that Hoyer fielded were about the back-to-back storms, and about road conditions and snow removal.
 
Asked if there would be a need for federal aid for the District, Hoyer said; "There may be. After all, this is the federal city.
 
The House will stay in session and vote on Friday, Feb. 26, to make up for lost time. This will give lawmakers sufficient time to tackle "a jobs bill and other critical measures," Hoyer said in a statement.
 
Many DC attractions, including the Smithsonian and the Capitol Visitor Center, are closed. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority announced Reagan National and Dulles International airports will not be operating flights on Wednesday. DC’s metro service warned passengers it may shut down early Tuesday, depending on the weather.
 
Several lawmakers took to the social networking website Twitter to discuss their experiences with the DC weather.
 
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) tweeted: “Bad weather. Took 12hrs to fly bk DC. DCA shut down. Had fly BWI. Slept in office so b on Hill for CNBC intrvu 7am in 20min.”
 
Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) tweeted early Tuesday: “Votes canceled today for the House..politicians not in Washington = your pocketbook is safe. You agree?”
 
Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-Ariz.) tweeted: “Got out of DC last week, but came back yesterday ready to work. I’m from AZ so help me out - is it Snowpocolypse or Snowmageddon?”
 
And Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) used the snowstorm to make a political jab, tweeting: “It's going to keep snowing in DC until Al Gore cries ‘uncle.’”
 
-- Jordan Fabian contributed to this article.

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- Kate Oczypok

The White House has moved its concert celebrating the civil rights movement to Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. in the hopes of beating the impending snowstorm that is set to blanket the Washington, D.C. area.
 
The concert will feature singers Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson and Natalie Cole and will be hosted by Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah.
 
The concert should be a step back in time, with songs from the civil rights movement as well as readings from famous civil rights speeches and readings. The concert was originally supposed to be early Wednesday evening at the White House.

- Kate Oczypok