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Night, or you might hear pennsylvania senator pembrose reading bills late into the night. some have reported sightings of soldiers wandering the building even today. >> some of them have continued to stay here. a lot of soldiers died here, and they were very idealistic at that point, and their spirits would be here. >> reporter: joe that voteny just retired from the house after 30 years. you've seen him on c-span as the house reading clerk, and he's observed some weird things in the house chamber late at night after everybody else is gone. >> all of a sudden in the well of the chamber directly...

So vicky, we spoke to him earlier. do you think there is any humor to this? >> i think you have to look at what the context is of the photo. we are on the house floor in the michigan state capital. and our job is to read legislation and pass legislation. this was a picture that was not taken at a bar, at a men's poker game or at a frat house. this was on the floor of the house while we were working. and the actions that we take in the legislature affect daily life throughout michigan. it affects the lives of men and women and school children and police officers and local communities. so in the...

There aren't going to be any more stimulus bills where we pay off unions. when you say the republicans are not together on immigration, we are working through immigration. republicans, you know, this is a metamorphosis in coming up with legislation. we shouldn't be forcing things down legislators' throats. they should be voting their conscious and the bills themselves. one thing we got to do is start reading bills. bills that are passed in the middle of the night, the pelosi ruehl is you got to pass it before you figure out what's in it. those days are over. >> i think that we need to get the ...

President. >> and there is a distinction. but he's making a point about wanting people accountable to us to go back to districts and be accountable to people who elected them. when people get entrenched with the washington machine they lose touch of what they are standing for. i don't think he wants to throw the constitution out. he understands things will require an amendment. he's saying i want to change the system. i want to change the way washington works. i took him figuratively to say, let's shake things up. >> it's so naive. congress should spend less time in washington? people aren't s...

>> i think if you talk to most people in the community i grew up in. i never saw a republican come to my neighborhood. most people will say there has not been significant outreach with this component of compassion and caring. i think that's the root of the problem. if we reach out and share our convictions we have an opportunity to be successful. you can never discount the importance of the messenger. at some point people follow people not just messages and parties. barack obama record numbers of african-americans, record numbers of young people to vote for him. those same votes are not availa...