very quiet, because everyone has gone home for the holidays. there s a similarity to college even when congress is in session. some of the nation s most powerful men share living quarters, inspiring the new series alpha house. cnn s chief correspondent dana bash takes us inside. reporter: paint peels off the walls, sheets covering the windows, broken blinds, a mangled chair covered up with a wood board, an ancient hole, and yes, underwear in the living room. what looks and feels like the most rundown frat campus is home to some of the most powerful men. welcome to omega house. dick durbin and chuck schumer, the second and third ranks democrats live here together. their landlord and third roommate is democratic congressman george miller. the house is so legendary, it
bills into law this year, the least productive congress in modern history, to investigate whether or not there is life on other planets. i know. i am scratching my head over that one as well. meanwhile in washington there are these three congressmen who are also examining whether there is life growing right there in their own refrigerator. i am talking about moldy bread. unmade beds. and rats. not exactly how you would picture the living spaces of some of washington s most powerful politicos. there is a new tv series called alpha house about congressmen living together but it does not hold a candle to the real thing. cnn congressional correspondent dana bash got an inside look. reporter: paint peeling off the walls. sheets covering the windows. broken blinds. a manage eld chair covered up with a wood board, an ancient stove with a giant hole. and yes, that s underwear in the living room. what looks and feels like the most rundown frat house on
to mexico national nuclear commission. reuters just reporting that. we ll continue to monitor this story, if in fact this is accurate, that would be good news if they have in fact discovered the stolen radioactive material. a very different node right now, some of the most powerful men have been sharing a frat-style house for years up on capitol hill. it sounds like a sitcom. now it s actually a new testify series. mark consuelos is one of the stars. first, an exclusive look at the real-life lawmakers turned roommates. here as dana bash. reporter: paints peeling off the walls. sheets covering the windows, broken blinds, a mangled chair, an anchle stove with a giant hole and yes, that s underwear in the living room. what looks and feels like the most rundown frat house on campus is actually the capitol
our final story. those lawmakers are always faring back and forth between their home districts and washington. but did you ever wonder how they live when they re doing the nation s work here in the nation s capital? our dana bash was also curious. she dropped in on a few of them in their home. it s quite a sight to behold. take a look. paint peeling off the walls, sheets covering the windows, broken blinds, a mangled chair covered up with a wood board, an ancient stove with a giant hole. yes, that s 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 omega house. dick durbin and chuck schumer, the second and third ranking senate democrats live here together. you guys got the rent? their landlord and third roommate is democratic congressman george miller.