Monday, August 13, 2012

Congressional Session

I have to admit that heard about this story from an unusual source—NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! It was also reported on ABCNews.com, so—and not that I doubt NPR's fact finders—but two sources is always better than one. Either way, here goes:

A Super PAC has been formed to raise beer money to bring back happy-hour on Capitol Hill.

Allow me to repeat that for you.

A Super PAC has been formed to raise beer money to bring back happy-hour on Capitol Hill.

Two George Washington University students have registered with the Federal Election Commission as a political action committee, with the intent to raise $5,000 by September to, well, go on a beer run.

Roommates Daniel Bassali and Winslow Marshall have organized the, uniquely named, Slam Dunks, Fireworks and Eagles Super PAC in the hopes of getting Congress to cross the aisle, share a pint with them, and in Baselli's words, "We want to bring back that happy hour time, that time just to sit down and have a beer with someone person-to-person instead of politician-to-politician." The duos first happy hour objective? Balance the budget. While FEC regulations don't restrict how their money is spent, the FEC does require that the money be used only for campaign purposes. That might provide a stumbling block for Bassali and Marshall, not to mention neither Mit Romney or Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid drink because of their Mormon upbringing.

In any case, I'm not a overly political person, but I think this whole idea (and excuse my French) is fucking awesome.

2 comments:

  1. Your French works, is apropos, does not offend me.
    It would be great if the politicians worked for the good of Joe-two-pints or Joe-growler.

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