While talking about the Senator's prior football career, a box of cereal can be seen on the counter. The cereal is "Flutie Flakes."
The title of the episode, "Lies and Dolls" is a play off of the Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls." One of Elliot's lines makes a further connection. He says "Call it guilt. Call it bad karma" which is modeled after the musical's chorus "Call it sad. Cal it funny."