Pandemic Revives Calls To Ban Lawmakers From Bunking In Their Offices

Dozens of members of Congress sleep in their own offices. One longtime opponent, Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., argues that it's particularly important to end the practice now.

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Barbara Sprunt is a producer on NPR's Washington desk, where she reports and produces breaking news and feature political content. She formerly produced the NPR Politics Podcast and got her start in radio at as an intern on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered and Tell Me More with Michel Martin. She is an alumnus of the Paul Miller Reporting Fellowship at the National Press Foundation. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania native.