Gossip: In The Know

The night before the healthcare vote, Rahm Emanuel and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) went to the theater.

Boxing legends Sugar Ray Leonard, “Smokin’ ” Joe Frazier, James “Buster” Douglas and Roy Jones Jr. will join more than 1,500 tuxedoed guests Thursday night at the Washington Hilton for the 20th anniversary of philanthropist Joe Robert Jr.’s signature charity event, Fight Night. During the past year, Robert has undergone treatment for brain cancer, lending an extra element of significance to the evening.

Rep. Susan Davis (D-Calif.) didn’t have far to walk to attend her Wednesday morning fundraising breakfast: The meal was prepared in her own kitchen, and featured made-to-order omelets. According to her spokesman, the congresswoman “enjoys entertaining, decorating and cooking, [and] the omelet event is a personal low-key event she created as a fresh alternative to ... D.C. fundraisers.”

The National Wildlife Federation plans to distribute this satirical “limited-edition trading card” featuring GOP Sen. James Inhofe (Okla.) to attendees at this week’s Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee markup of the climate change bill. 

Rep. Mike McMahon (D-N.Y.) had a special advantage over his colleagues when German Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped by Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, ITK reported the birth of son Jack to Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) and his wife, Jennifer. But there’s more!

2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee put former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) on the spot this weekend by proposing that he ask Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to do the bipartisan box-step on “Dancing with the Stars.”

Call it the Tennessee Two-Step: Fred Thompson and country star John Rich, both high-profile Republican entertainers and Nashville residents, have thrown their combined political weight behind Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in Tuesday’s dramatic election for the House seat in New York’s 23rd district.

Congratulations are in order to Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) and (especially) his wife Jennifer, who welcomed their second child, a son, on Monday.

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) has a new favorite toy: his Amazon Kindle digital reader.