Reid: We won't smell the tourists anymore

The Examiner, Washington, DC ^ | 2008-12-02 | Jeff Dufour & Patrick Gavin

[rabscuttle385]

The Capitol Visitors Center, which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found a silver lining for members of Congress: tourists won't offend them with their B.O. anymore.

"My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway," said Reid in his remarks. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true."

But it's no longer going to be true, noted Reid, thanks to the air conditioned, indoor space.

And that's not all. "We have many bathrooms here, as you can see," Reid continued. "Souvenirs are available."

$621 million well spent.

[Berosus]

Don’t worry, Harry. I’ve already promised myself that I’m not going to visit Nevada as long as you’re one of its senators.

[Hostage]

That would be about 3 or 4 months that Congress would be out. What a wonderful and natural blessing such a summer recess bestowed upon our forefathers.

[Cindy]