Posted by
cehwiedel on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:03:58 PM
The main goal of the lame-duck session of Congress seems to be passage of earmark-laden appropriations bills and election of new leadership.
Today's business was mostly conducted by voice vote, with no record votes taken.
According to the Daily Record, Senator Feinstein was responsible for two Amendments adopted today:
Hutchison (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 5126, to repeal the requirement
for the Secretary of the Interior to cease the plan to exterminate the
deer and elk population on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands,
California.
Just on a guess, I would say that those deer and elk aren't native to the island, and are overrunning the local ecosystem as badly as the hand-fed ducks at our local pocket park. I would also guess that somebody wailed about the cruelty of exterminating the noble ruminants. Has anyone notified PETA that Senator Feinstein has unchained the Secretary of the Interior and loosed him on the unsuspecting deer and elk of Santa Rosa Island?
Hutchison (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 5127, to require a report on
actions taken by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to test veterans for
vestibular damage.
I could make a lame joke about shoddy architecture, but I'll bite my tongue instead. This would seem to be a request for a progress report regarding heart exams for military veterans. On its face, not objectionable.
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