ISN'T THERE A JUNKET WE COULD GO ON?:

Senate Committee Takes Up Bid to Overhaul Social Security (ROBIN TONER and DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, 4/26/05, NY Times)

After months of political maneuvering, presidential campaigning, advertising and ultimatums, the 20-member Senate Finance Committee plans to start grappling this week with overhauling the Social Security system.

So far, the committee has proven to be just about as divided - and stalled - as the Senate at large. Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the chairman of the committee, says somewhat ruefully that most of his committee members simply wish the issue would go away.

Dang! You mean they have to do their jobs?

Of course, if they do them right they can make the issue go away.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 26, 2005 9:15 AM