It is getting harder and harder to find a peaceful place to light up these days. With many cities passing no smoking bans, the available ashtray is a rare sight. Washington D.C. is one of the most recent cities to pass a no smoking ordinance. One of the few locales within the city to escape the ban is Congress. Why is it that this will remain a haven for the puffing of cigarettes and cigars? It has long been known that Congress has been unwilling to bend with the trend of smoking bans. It is not uncommon to find various politicians inhaling between votes or during a quiet moment of newspaper reading. Some have wondered about conflicts of interest between Big Tobacco campaign contributions and the unwillingness of Congress to completely ban smoking. Other anti-smoking supporters are willing to give Congress their smoke filled refuge, "We recognize Congress does what it wants and has always done what it wants," said Angela Bradbery, a founder of Smokefree DC. "We don't have the capacity to do anything about it. And we're not going to try to get them to change their ways."