Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has stunned Democrats by shunning a bipartisan jobs bill crafted by Senators Baucus and Grassley, in favor of a much cheaper and more limited version. "The proposed $85 billion bill is over-inflated, reckless spending at a time when we need the government to tighten its purse strings and find ways to solve problems without putting us deeper into debt," claimed a poll of Democratic and Independent voters from Nevada."
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) has announced that he will not seek reelection, bringing the count of retiring House Democrats up to fourteen, while eighteen House Republicans will not seek reelection. RNC Chairman Michael Steele is touting this as a clear Republican majority.
Walter Fredrick Morrison, the inventor of the Frisbee, has died at the age of 90, at home in Salt Lake City. His family is currently planning when and where to fling his remains.
Until Monday, keep breathing.
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