"The amazing thing about elected officials is how they can move quickly from one debate to the next bigger picture," said that spokesman, Ari Fleischer, who cited the example of lawmakers who fight each other on one bill and work together on the next.
In this history, THUMP runs through some of the most egregious examples of American lawmakers and institutions attempted to pull the plug on partying, and how these laws often reflected the morality and prejudices of the times.
It is the latest example of how lawmakers are turning their attention to the practices of tech firms in and around San Francisco, which are propelling an economic boom but raising challenging questions for regulators.
Martha Skeeters, president of the Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, said the bill was another example of state lawmakers placing barriers before women who want to end a pregnancy.
Richards, who was in Texas on Saturday to rally against the cuts, called the ousting of Planned Parenthood from the program the "crassest example" of Texas lawmakers playing politics with women's access to health care.
In a background briefing with reporters, two senior administration officials repeatedly warned they would make an example of GOP lawmakers adjourning in December without acting on that major component of the president's job package.
Congress is deliberating 12 appropriations bills that are supposed to be passed by Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, and already we've seen some good examples of excess spending for lawmakers' pet projects back home, otherwise known as "pork".
In the last weeks of the debate over health care legislation, for example, WellPoint became the focus of lawmakers' indignation over its decision to raise premiums in California as much as 39 percent.
But Mrs. Lincoln is one of several examples of a powerful veteran lawmaker whose growing influence in Washington belies declining home-state electoral prospects.
"His name was on the most comprehensive piece of climate and clean energy legislation ever to come before the House, his voice has been raised in every battle to hold big polluters accountable, and his example should be followed by generations of lawmakers to come".
