Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Drama Thick as Molasses

It is the nature of the legislative process that, often, decisions of great import are made in verrrrrrrrrrrry slowwwwwwwwwwwwww mooooooooooooootion. The House or Senate "stands at ease" while a couple legislators work out a deal in the backroom, or a couple more work out a way to un-do the last deal, or some staffers just make copies.

The House is in such a mode today. Not much appears to be happening on the floor, which is probably true. The real action may be happening on the sidelines, in the back rooms and hallways. Now they've started discussing HR 35, which lays out the rules for voting (signed ballots, secretly cast and placed in a lockbox). Getting interesting ...

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