Red Wine Party Post

It’s the annual Brown Rudnick Let’s Drink Red Wine and Pretend the House Minority Leader is Not Our Lobbyist Night.  House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero (R-Brown Rudnick) is completing his final term. He has, however, not stopped working as a “contract partner” for Brown Rudnick from his satellite office on the floor of the House.

Partygoers this evening should spare a moment to thank the genetically modified products industry for its contribution for the evening’s festivities. Among its lobbyists is the aforementioned Brown Rudnick. It represents RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment), which urges readers of its website to visit DebugtheMyths.com.

Here’s a curious turn of events. A bill banning genetically modified grass seed was passed in the Senate earlier this month and sent to the House. The bill would normally have had a place on the House calendar for a few days before being taken up for action. Instead, the day after the Senate passed the bill–the very next day, mind you–the House suspended its rules, took up the bill, and sent it to swift defeat. Suspending the rules in this manner required the cooperation and support of the House Republicans. See above for a reminder of who leads them. The Republicans cooperated, causing observers,  interested participants, and others who worry about the reputation of the legislature to shake their heads in dismay. Talk about your “pest facts”.

For $7,500 a month? Did two days of questioning by the FBI at the Legislative Office Building and other more personal visits make no impression on the House Republicans?

Here’s a flashback from last year’s eventful party aftermath. He took it out.