Looks like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has killed House Resolution 600, also known as the Michael Jackson Bill. “I don’t think it’s necessary for us to have a resolution,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. Amen to that.
You can read the resolution in full here. It was introduced by Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas around the time of Michael Jackson’s memorial service to basically, uh… honor him further. The resolution proposes that congress should ‘celebrate’ Michael Jackson and then proceeds to gush about Jackson’s many accomplishments in laundry list fashion. The whole thing reads like a fan letter.
Is this bill an obvious act of self-promotion at the expense of Jackson’s death? Perhaps. To me, it’s wholly unnecessary and pointless. Can you imagine why anyone thought this would be a good idea to debate in Congress when there are far more important things like health care reform, financial crisis, and war spending?
This whole thing reeks of shame and I hope Jackson-Lee’s constituents remember this when she seeks reelection.
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