twirlgrrl | (no subject)

Here are two things I've read in the past few days that make me very happy.

First, from an email from my senator Barbara Boxer about the Democrats' victory and her plans:

With the new Senate majority, I will become chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee. And on my agenda? Finally we will hold hearings on global warming and the impact of toxics on the health of our families.

Second, from a CNN article about Nancy Pelosi, my representative and the new Speaker of the House:

So what will be on the agenda come January? Pelosi has said that in the first
100 hours of her speakership she will push for action implementing all 9/11
Commission recommendations on national security, raising the minimum wage to
$7.25, eliminating corporate subsidies for oil companies, allowing the
government to negotiate Medicare drug prices, imposing new restrictions on
lobbyists, cutting interest rates on college loans and supporting embryonic
stem-cell research.

As for Iraq, Pelosi and the Democrats have yet to explicitly outline their plan
for U.S. involvement in the region, but unlike many of her counterparts, Pelosi
voted against authorizing the war.

And what about the persnickety allegation that she will skipper tax hikes
through the House? Sure she will, said the shoo-in speaker.

"We will revisit the tax cuts at the high end in order to give tax cuts to the
middle class," she said.

Reading that just makes me feel like dancing! :-) :-) :-)