Suck It Up Reid

The Capitol Visitors Center (the largest addition ever to the 215-year-old U.S. Capitol), which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, found a silver lining for members of Congress: tourists won't offend them with their B.O. anymore.

"My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway," said Reid in his remarks. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true."

But it's no longer going to be true, noted Reid, thanks to the air conditioned, indoor space.

And that's not all. "We have many bathrooms here, as you can see," Reid continued. "Souvenirs are available."

For $621 million, congress doesnt have to smell the people they work for anymore.

For your paycheck, you had ought to smell, see and be able to feel those of us whom you work for! I think Mr. Reid needs a reminder of where his paycheck comes from.

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