Congress Faces Review as Congress Debates Reform
Washington December 7. James Marlow reports Congress debates updating its aging machinery to handle a load hundreds of times larger, with calls to hire more experts and form a 12 member internal committee to find ways to run faster and better.
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Congress Faces Too Many Committees and Thin Legal Staff
Senator Monroney and Representative Monroney warn that the Senate lists 33 standing committees plus 10 specials and the House 47 standing committees with five specials, many overlapping. They call for consolidation, noting the legal drafting service is only five attorneys in the House and three in the Senate, with 83 000 dollars yearly. Clerks are likewise deemed inadequate to review 78 billion dollars in requests.
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Moon femininity and early flame throwers across history
The text notes that the moon is feminine in English French Latin Greek and Italian, cites the U S Quartermaster Corps operating 219 laundries, and mentions ancient flame throwers used in warfare in China as early as the 11th century, linking myth, logistics, and weaponry.
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