White House Is Denying Pulling In Welcome Mat "Up until this administration, we normally got 8 to 10 busloads of tourists into the White House four, five times a week," Mr. Patterson said. "Now we're lucky if we get one in once a week. Today we needed 80 tickets; we got 10. I got drivers who have been here 30, 35 years and all they talk about is how the White House is letting fewer people in. It's just not right; we are the people and that is our house." http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/13/politics/13TOUR.html?pagewanted=all