Not sure I'd wanna know. I'd probably cry in my beer, except I'm outa beer. Gettin ready to fix that in about ten minutes or so.
Republican Congress's last gasp:
legislation that would open 8.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and natural gas drilling and redistribute billions of dollars in royalties to four Gulf states. The drilling measure was wrapped into a broad tax and trade package that the U.S. Senate approved by a 79-9 vote, hours after the House of Representatives approved it
support for extending expired tax breaks, including the research and development tax credit for businesses, sales tax deductions for people in states without income taxes, the tax deduction on college tuition, a tax credit for hiring welfare recipients and others facing difficulties finding jobs and tax credits for alternative energy producers and purchases of solar energy equipment by homeowners and businesses.
to permanently normalize trade with Vietnam and extend trade benefits for four Andean nations, sub-Saharan African countries and Haiti. Approved the Bush treaty with India, to bring them into the nuclear club without penalty as a potential partner and ally in Asia.
to ensure the families of five firefighters killed in Southern California can get more than $1 million in donations despite an IRS snag and lots of other constituent issue items.