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August 21st at 10:00AM

Our Representatives Just Get So Much Done

POSTED BY: Dylan Ris

As House Republicans plow through a third week of protesting their body's recess without a resolution on offshore drilling, some in the media are suggesting that maybe they've already accomplished enough for one session.

Namely, the Wall Street Journal has gone as far as to compile a list of the important legislative issues tackled by the 110th Congress.

Here are some highlights...

July is now National Watermelon Month
Authored by Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
"As Mark Twain once said, 'When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.' I encourage my colleagues to join me in acknowledging the wisdom of Mark Twain by supporting this resolution," Sen. Chambliss said on the Senate floor.

March 11th is now National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day
Authored by Rep. Charlie Wilson (D-OH)
Wilson is a self-described "lifelong funeral director" who is riling up his base.

July 28 is now National Day of the Cowboy
Authored by Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Larry Craig (R-ID)
Created to honor the memory of the late Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY), a famous non-cowboy.

Decree acknowledging the 70th anniversary of the Idaho Potato Commission
Authored by Rep. Michael Simpson (R-ID)
Sets straight the terrorists who insisted the Commission was only 69.

$459.33 billion appropriated to the Department of Defense for Fiscal Year 2008
Authored by Rep. John Murtha (D-PA)
Eh... sounds boring.