So I finally got around to reading the actual transript.
They were razzing Barry on his first piece of legislation, which he prevailed on with 57 votes in the affirmative and 0 Nays.
I thought it was actually funny.
At the end the following exchange takes place giving away the joke:
On pages 23 and 24
http://www.ilga.gov/senate/transcripts/strans90/ST031397.pdf
Forgive me, I am a dumm hermit, I read the pp and didn’t get the joke!