Archive for the ‘senate’ tag

Food Wars in Washington #

June 10th, 2008 | In Worth Knowing 

Chronically losing out to the House’s privatized food service, the US Senate — led by Democrat Diane Feinstein — decided that it to would have to privatized it service.

The embarrassment of the Senate food service struggling like some neighborhood pizza joint has quietly sparked change previously unthinkable for Democrats. Last week, in a late-night voice vote, the Senate agreed to privatize the operation of its food service, a decision that would, for the first time, put it under the control of a contractor and all but guarantee lower wages and benefits for the outfit’s new hires.

(via Marginal Revolution)

Measuring the Senate #

May 20th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

Finally, Good Magazine has a chart that’s both nice looking and easy to understand. These are some interesting numbers.