anything you say… 
First of all, it’s served in the Senate dining room, not in the House cafeteria. And that stuff about serving poor people sounds like a bunch of hogwash. I think your sister has been bamboozled.
The only thing Fulbright scholars can afford are ham hocks? What?
There might be a lot of strange things about Washington that are hard to understand, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t one of them.
I read somewhere that every restaurant in Chicago has to serve haggis.
To feed all the mad Scots that wander the streets looking for sheep.
Yes, and the bagpipes! You sit there trying to choke down your haggis deep-dish pizza, and you have to listen to those stupid bagpipes.
By the way, the Fulbright program began in 1947. Senate bean soup had been around for almost 50 years by that point. Not to mention that Fulbright scholars are sent abroad. The whole point of the program is foreign exchange. They aren’t wandering around Washington.
maybe it’s because we’re not americans. our sister studied at the UI for masterals under the fulbright-hays program. she married and got a permanent residency but she retained her mother citizenship. she’s back in the old country after failing to fully understand chicago in 12 years (might have something to do with her failed marriage.)
me, i kinda hop around.
Unless it’s to look for a really good bowl of bean soup.
I’ve had the bean soup at the Senate a few times. It’s nothing special.
Now, you are just baiting me. It is not good soup?
I won’t say it’s “not good.” But it’s nothing special. I wouldn’t go out of my way to try it.
The “Freedom Fries” story is, sadly, quite true however.