Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Fuzzy headed liberal Message-ID: <36200165@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 18:09:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.36200165 Posted: Tue Oct 30 18:09:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Oct-84 03:18:56 EDT References: <570@loral.UUCP> Lines: 21 Nf-ID: #R:loral:-57000:uiucdcs:36200165:000:1037 Nf-From: uiucdcs!renner Oct 23 23:09:00 1984 > Yea, I used to believe everything the newspaper told me too ... Now I > make my own decisions. If you look the right places, you can probably > find what really happens. Have you ever looked at the _Congressional > Record_? Nope, didn't think so. That'll give a real good idea of what > happens in congress. -- Andy Banta (pucc-k!agz) I beg to differ. The Congressional Record will tell you what Congressmen *want* you to think happens in Congress. Congressmen have essentially unlimited editing power over the CR, and use it shamelessly. Entire speeches are frequently read "into the record" and are indistinguishable from those read on the floor. True, records of what actually happens in Congress are kept -- but you aren't allowed to read them. All you get is the sanitized version. Now, you might want to look at a publication called *Congressional Quarterly*, which comes out in quarterly almanacs and weekly "updates." It should be available in a quality library. Scott Renner {pur-ee,ihnp4}!uiucdcs!renner