Worker treats the steps of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington

A worker treats the steps of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington February 17, 2015. Record-breaking cold gripped the eastern United States while an icy winter storm crippled the nation’s central states and then plowed into the mid-Atlantic, dumping snow and forcing federal offices in Washington, D.C. to close on Tuesday. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES – Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)