Odd couple canceled: Five reasons why Washington Rep. Derek Kilmer is so sad that roomie Denny Heck is leaving

In this week’s Five Spot column – Five things U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Gig Harbor) will miss about losing his D.C. apartment roommate, Rep. Denny Heck (D-Olympia), to retirement.

1. To cover rent on his own, might have to get a second job delivering pizzas.

2. Won’t have a quorum for the subcommittee on vacuuming the floors and select task force on emptying the dishwasher.

3. All those late-night chats about Export-Import Bank reauthorization ... that marked-up copy of the Mueller Report in the bathroom. He’ll never find another roommate so compatible in nerdiness.

4. Having Schiff, Nadler and the boys over for monthly game night (Risk, Twister, charades) won’t be half as fun.

5. Might have to sleep in his House office, shower and shave in the House gym, like other frugal colleagues. (Hey, if fellow Washington Rep. Adam Smith can handle the homeless routine, so can Kilmer.)

This story was originally published December 7, 2019 at 8:00 AM with the headline "Odd couple canceled: Five reasons why Washington Rep. Derek Kilmer is so sad that roomie Denny Heck is leaving."