As 109th Congress becomes a memory, and the holidays arrive, not much is happening in the 29th. Here's the news of the week:
- Randy Kuhl is proud of his vote for the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, which extended a laundry list of tax deductions. The bill passed with bipartisan support.
- Kuhl was mum about his vote for the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, which would require offering women undergoing abortions anesthesia for their fetus, if the fetus is more than 20 weeks old. The best evidence is that fetuses don't even have the structures to feel pain until much later in development, but these right-to-life votes are from the gut, not from the head.
- A writer in the Nation magazine is shocked after watching Taking the Hill. That documentary showed that Eric Massa had to spend 4-5 hours per day cold-calling to raise funds. I understand the disgust, but not the shock, because that's how the game has been played for generations.