Last week we narrowed down D.C.’s workplaces to the four manliest organizations in the District (okay, due to several close manly ties, it was really six). They are: conservative moonie news source The Washington Times; obscure U.S. representative body the Senate; a whole bunch of unionized dudes; and bald eagle/Ronald Reagan advocacy group Citizens United (relive the madness with the full 64-workplace bracket here).

Now, it’s time to fight out the ties of our top-tier man-stitutions and crown a winner! First off: The Washington Times vs. Senate. This contest is an easy one—the Senate is perfect, the Times is not—sending the Cheney-Biden squadron of male lawmakers into the finals. The Unions vs. Citizens United face-off presents a tougher fight—three perfectly manly unions (United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; International Brotherhood of Teamsters) versus a perfectly manly conservative advocacy organization. Add in the Senate, and that’s five perfectly manly D.C. workplaces! How ever will I choose between them?

Indiscriminantly! I’ll grade these five remaining workplaces on these three factors, on a scale from one to ten:

1. Manliness in Name
2. Manliness in Purpose
3. Enduring Manliness

Let’s see how they do!

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In this, OUR FINAL INSTALLMENT IN THE HISTORIC FIRST AND ONLY PROBABLY EVER MAN MADNESS TOURNAMENT, Citizens United takes on D.C. Vote (Relive the full manly bracket here!). Next week, we’ll recap our standings, complete our tie-breakers between the winners, and reveal the manliest institution in D.C.—as well as the bracket filler-outer who most closely predicted the results. They will win something! But first—Citizens United! D.C. Vote! Bang? Whimper? Let’s find out!

CITIZENS UNITED: Citizens United aims to “reassert the traditional American values of limited government, freedom of enterprise, strong families, and” blah dee blah dee blah, booooring. But look at that shining bald eagle logo (pictured)! I can’t stay mad at you, Citizens United. Go ahead. Show me your men (again, information about this nonprofit comes from its 2006 990 form, as well as from its staff list on its Web site):

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