Paint peeling off the walls. Sheets for curtains. Broken blinds. A mangled wicker chair made settable with a  board. An ancient stove with a giant hole. And there's also the pile of underwear in the living room. What looks and feels like the most rundown frat house on campus is actually the Capitol Hill home of some of the most powerful men in Washington. "Welcome to the Omega House," joked Dick Durbin, who is the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate. "This is where I've lived for 31 years," boasted Chuck Schumer, the Senate's third-ranking Democrat. It's hard to believe half the Senate Democratic leadership lives in these conditions, together. But they have for decades.
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What resembles a frat house is actually home to prominent Democratic lawmakers
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Rep. George Miller and Sens. Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin have lived there for decades
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Old records and books, a mattress off the kitchen, an ancient stove with a hole in it -- a time warp
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The Washington political fixtures are friends, and are only in town a few days a week
He half-made his bed for our visit, which @placeholder said was a lot more effort than Schumer usually makes.