Random Thoughts - The Busy Week Edition
I love it when a plan comes together. You can all pat yourselves on the back... all of you who made the call or wrote the letter or sent the email or the tweet. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the first piece of President Obama's gun control initiative, making straw purchasing (the buying of guns on behalf of those who are prohibited from owning them) a federal crime. Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, voted with the ten Democrats on the Committee. I'm stopping off at his website to thank him for his support. It seems like the polite thing to do. ***** Sen. Grassley's home state saw ads on responsible gun ownership in the days leading up to this vote. Americans for Responsible Solutions , Gabby and Mark's PAC, must be feeling pretty good right about now; their dollars paid for those ads and they seem to have made a difference. ***** I wore the same blouse today that I wore to the press conference yesterday . ...