Washington DC Lobby Days

My reservation are made and confirmed, I will be driving down to Washington DC with a friend on Sunday April 13^th and returning on the 16^th. The Lobbying Days is sponsored by the National Center for Transgender Equality and we will be lobbying for the Hate Crime bill (The Mathew Shepard bill) and the gender inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Last year, well to put it bluntly, we were screwed when gender identity was taken out of the bill by Barney Frank and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), so we have are work cutout for us. This year we will be staying at Washington Plaza Hotel right in the center of Washington, what gets me is that for the price that we are paying to be in the center of Washington, the internet and parking is extra. The motel that we stayed at last year in Arlington VA the rooms came with the internet and the parking was free was a third of the price of this hotel, next year I think I will go back there.