It was another 9-6:45 day at work today, which wasn't bad since we all thought we'd be holding up the fort until 8. The Congressman was in most of the day because Congress was voting on the Higher Education reauthorization. I had to listen to it to track amendments, and some of them are quite inventive. I'm definitely all for the amendment that tries to lower the cost of text books. We thought we'd be there so late because the Senate finalized the Stimulus package and sent it over, but the boss man sent us home. There really wasn't much more for us to be doing.
I have to say, I work for a pretty cool member of congress (MoC). He
is Italian, and I've heard he can have quite the temper, but so does John McCain and he's pretty much got the Republican nom all locked up. Anywho, the MoC does treat his staff pretty cool, and in the almost two years that I've worked for him, I've known him to be a very loyal person. If we, as the staff, treat him with respect and loyalty and do our job, he returns the favor ten-fold.
I had left his Arizona office in November to work on a political campaign, and when my candidate decided not to run, I was left without a job. But the Congressman told our chief of staff to make sure I was taken care of, which ended up as this job here in Washingtong. He's such a gracious person and definitely gives credit where it's due. He always asks about the College Republicans who helped on his election in '06 and expresses that without their help, he probably would have lost the election.
I really am bummed he's not running for re-election. He has done great things for his district. I certainly wouldn't be here were it not for him.
Well, that was my unofficial thanks to my boss for giving me a chance.
***** Cool things that happened today *****
So apparently some athletic trainer guy had proof that Roger Clemens had been injected with steroids a few years back, so Clemens was on the Hill with his attorney to meet with committee members that are overseeing that whole steroids/baseball controversy. He was over in one of the halls of Rayburn. One of the guys was going to run over, but he had other stuff to work on.
CPAC is the Conservative Political Action Conference and it's taking place today through Saturday. It actually has quite the lineup that would make any conservative jump for joy. It would have been great to have a ticket and been able to gone. People who attended watched Romeny suspend his election, McCain basically accept the Republican nomination, Ron Paul say crazy Ron Paul things, and Dick Cheney just being the man*. Tomorrow's line-up includes President Bush in his first CPAC appearance, Tony Snow, and a bunch of other cool Cons. I'm a little bummed I'm not going.
Apparently President Bush will be throwing the opening season pitch for the Nationals and the Pope is coming out for a visit and he'll throw out a pitch too. Mel and I are going to both games for sure! What I want to know is does the Pope wear his Pope clothes (think the long white garment/dress thing and tall Pope hat) or does he wear normal people clothes? And if he wears his Pope apparel, how well can he pitch? Where will he stand? You know, I want him to man up and throw a legit pitch. Nothing from two feet away underhanded. I'm curious to find out. Come back during baseball and I will give you an answer to all these riveting Pope questions.
*I have a great story about Dick Cheney being the man if you ever want to know
The End. Until I'm bored on another random Saturday and take another stroll through some part of town. Most of what you just saw I pass on the way to and from work. Except for the ducks and the botanic garden. But sometimes after it rains quite a bit, you can find a duck and some of her babies chilling out in a puddle on the Library of Congress grounds. They make me smile when I see them. 
