This is both a substantive and symbolic point, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. [1]
With the new year ushering in a D.C. smoking ban, House members could take refuge in puffing away in the Speaker’s lobby, an ornate room next to the House chamber. Members, reporters and staffers hang out there during votes.
Not any more. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday banned smoking in the lobby to save all from exposure to secondhand smoke.
“The days of smoke-filled rooms in the United States Capitol are over,” said Pelosi.
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