Baughman was somewhere in the recesses when the IceDogs scored again in the third period and won, 5-1.
Democrats remember well the setbacks they suffered over the August recess when the Senate Finance Committee failed to meet Mr. Obama's deadline for finishing its measure, and lawmakers were pummeled in town-hall-style meetings around the country.
House Republicans will announce their proposal a few days before the spring recess, when Democrats plan to hit the issue hard in political events around the country.
Congressional Democrats of all stripes have become more upbeat since returning to work after the August recess, when they were thrown on the defensive by conservative opponents' disruptions at public forums on health care.
It appears unlikely, though, that Congress will take any formal action before the August recess, when they most certainly will hear from constituents on the issue.
Democrats took a thumping during the 2009 summer recess, when lawmakers faced tea party activists at town hall meetings during the height of the health care debate.
He was watching a female librarian stack books on shelves, stretching for the highest recess, when it occurred to him he "should look up some librarian-themed porn that evening," he says.
Democrats have been largely supportive of approving the funding request from Obama, and most say it should be done before the August recess, when members will leave town for more than a month.
Undoubtedly, there will be plenty of people in the audience yearning for recess when the poet takes the stage, but there will be just as many eager to learn.
