Being “less popular than dog poop, traffic jams, and lines at the DMV,” Congress still has its perks. Take its two on-site gyms, for example, one for the House and one for the Senate.
The House gym, called the Wellness Center, is open to current and some former members of Congress. It includes a swimming pool, a sauna and stream room, flat-screen TVs, and paddleball and basketball courts.
The gym was featured in a 2011 selfie taken by the now-infamous, former Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY), who took and sent a shot of himself wrapped in a towel, TMZ reported. When he was vice president, Joe Biden would occasionally lift weights and ride a stationary bike in one of the gyms while his Secret Service detail waited outside.
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