The Washington Post today reported about the effect of the Christmas push for Health Care Reform legislation on "senators and hundreds of their health policy analysts, press secretaries and other aides -- not to mention the universe of police officers, clerks and student pages who keep the place humming -- wishing to be with their families" during the holidays, but who may be stuck in Washington instead. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/21/AR2009122103528.html?nav=hcmodule.
Now with predictions that bad winter weather could delay flights through airports in Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have agreed to a schedule that will allow the final votes of this session to be held Thursday morning rather than in the evening when it would be too late for many out-of-town Senate personnel affected by this marathon legislative push to get home for the holidays.
Finally, a bi-partisan move in the spirit of the season! It's too bad this type of cooperation can't be seen on matters of substance.
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