[Christopher Lincoln]

An odd fact: the legislation creating the Civil Rights Commission expired years ago, but it still goes on because it's still included in the budget.

Another fact: the legislation limited the number of members who can belong to one party. Useless: Clinton got around this by pretending that Democrats (including Ms. Berry) were "independents".

[smoothsailing]

As I said, a dinosaur.

From a monetary point of view, defunding is chump change. The political reality is that the CBC will stomp their feet and scream disenfranchisement.

Let Em, it will be fun to watch.