Postscript: I started this entry online at a buddies office in Dirksen actually 10 ft from the Hart bldg, just for arguements sake. The Internet Caucus event was interesting, they companies passed out all the fun toys, any one want an Xbox hat or a Yo-Yo, let me know, but it was also a good chance to see people from the Hill I don't get to see everyday now that I am working down in Rosslyn.
In regards of the Hart building, surprisingly no smell really, I had heard it smelled when they first re-opened the building. I got to ride on the elevator that brought the letter to Daschle's office. From there we went to my friend's office, but with a quick stop at the bathroom, while in the bathroom at the Hart building we noticed something rather interesting on the walls on the top was a white powder from the cleaning of the building. The powder had been attempted by someone to be wiped off the walls and was to a certain point, but you could tell the person who had done the cleaning wasn't all that tall and hadn't taken any effort to get a ladder to wipe off the last foot of the wall between their arm length and the ceiling. In a way disturbing, in a way funny, in a way I wasn't all that surprised. But if your going to be visiting the Hart building fear not, things are safe *cough* *cough*