The idea that Democrats were to blame was belied all day by the extraordinary efforts of Representatives Richard Gephardt, the House Democratic leader, and Martin Meehan of Massachusetts as they worked relentlessly to corral Democratic votes for Shays-Meehan.
Wisconsin's Republican-led legislature approved the bill in an extraordinary session, with representatives voting on Friday along party lines for the measure just two weeks after the Senate majority leader said the bill would be introduced.
In a private meeting that never made it into the headlines, I'll never forget the extraordinary scene of representatives from federal, state and county government sitting around a table pledging millions of dollars so we could hit the purchase price.
"We have been talking to our customers - including communications providers and internet service providers - to model expected network demand for broadband, as the Games will be an extraordinary event," the representative added.
Just as with the case of airplane crashes, the public may see the extraordinary event as representative of the norm when it is not.
Yet he landed up as the keynote speaker on the opening day – leading to the extraordinary walking out of representatives of 23 states and organisations.
The president will conclude that hence he felt compelled to take extraordinary means, and invited representatives of both parities to the White House to work out an agreed upon deal concerning all of our burning economic issues, leading with job creation and deficit cutting.
An attempt in the House to outlaw extraordinary rendition, led by Representative Markey, also failed.
His Excellency Professor Gunapala piyasena Malalasekera, O.B.E., Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Ceylon, said his surname comes in two parts and is pronounced Malala-Sekera.
"I think coaches might find out that the reservations contain some extraordinary athletes," said State Representative Ron Volesky of South Dakota, a Lakota who graduated from Harvard.
