Workers plow snow from the driveway in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington

Workers plow snow from the driveway in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington

Workers plow snow from the driveway in front of the West Wing of the White House 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)