Yes, he really sleeps in the office

WASHINGTON — Set on being what he calls a “radically old kind of representative,” Joe Walsh is one of a handful of U.S. congressmen who sleep in their offices while in the capital.

Walsh's “bed” is a black leather couch positioned in the corner of his office in the Cannon House Office Building.

The office includes a sink and toilet, but no shower.

He's converted a small storage closet into a wardrobe, where he keeps a change of clothes and running shoes. He also stores instant oatmeal, Special K, Honey Nut Cheerios, and hot and spicy peanuts.

An avid runner, Walsh showers and shaves “very early” each morning at the congressional campus gym, just a couple of buildings away.

He admits he isn't too adept at folding the fitted bedcovers that go over the couch, instead crumpling them up on the top shelf of the closet.

While he says the couch is “very uncomfortable,” Walsh hasn't yet caved in and bought an air mattress — though he hasn't ruled it out.