Alpha House is inspired by a politician.
Alpha House . The series is inspired by several actual Democratic legislators who share a row house in D.C. : Senator Dick Durbin ( D-IL ) , Senator Chuck Schumer ( D-NY ) , and Representative George Miller ( D-CA ) . Charles Ellis Schumer ( [ ˈʃuːmər ] born November 23 , 1950 ) is an American politician , the senior United States senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party . Richard Joseph Durbin ( born November 21 , 1944 ) is an American politician who is the senior United States Senator from Illinois , in office since 1997 . George Miller III ( born May 17 , 1945 ) is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from California from 1975 until his retirement in 2015 .