Apparently, some members of Congress have gotten a case of baseball fever.
This is from the Heard on the Hill section in Wednesday's Roll Call:
Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio) shepherded a highly urgent resolution through the House on Tuesday commemorating the 60th anniversary of the 1946 Major League Baseball season and the return of Hall-of-Famer Bob Feller from military service.
Not to be outdone, Senator DeWine offered his version (via Roll Call):
Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) offered companion legislation in the Senate, which was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Here's some of the bill's language introduced by Rep. LaTourette:
The committee is being asked to deliberate on such important clauses as, "Whereas, in the 1946 season, Bob Feller pitched 36 complete games in 42 starts" and "Whereas, on April 30, 1946, in a game against the New York Yankees, Bob Feller pitched his second career no-hitter."
Feller, a famous and voluble pitcher known as "Bullet Bob" and "Rapid Robert," is "big-time in Cleveland," said LaTourette spokeswoman Deborah Setliff.
I'm glad some members of Congress have their priorities straight.
Congress has also spent plenty of time passing no less than 56, so far, laws in the 109th Congress, for the purpose of renaming Post Offices and other Federal Buildings. Considering that these useless relics consume an average of 30 minutes of floor time in the U.S. House of Represenatives, they are not an insignificant waste of time. Plus, time spent by Congressional staff in engrossment and enrollment duties. If they MUST engage in this nonsense, at least roll all these name changes into ONE bill.
Thanks for the article, but I have one problem with it, it doesn't tell me how much it costs. As a lonely Libertarian from Oklahoma, I use stories like this to make my political arguments. Unfortunately, people are really clueless about how our government works and it helps to put a hard number on it.
I'd rather have them distracted by Bob Feller than passing the sort of laws they usually do.
Posted by: spartacus007 at July 28, 2006 12:15 PM