Senators forced to work on Saturday....

A moment of sympathy for our poor Senators who have to work tomorrow, in a way this outlines how totally out of touch some of our elected officials are as to what the real life is like for the majority of the working class. Five times in the past 10 years has the Senate worked on a Saturday. The irony of course this is all being forced on a non-binding resolution that is not going to change anything is not lost on me when reading this:

After four years of fighting in Iraq, and two weeks of trying to force senators to debate the conflict, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yesterday wheeled out the ultimate weapon.

"Time is of the essence," Reid told a rapt audience in the Senate television studio yesterday afternoon. "That's why the Senate will have another Iraq vote on Saturday."

The "vote on Saturday is a crucial vote not just for the moment or for the week, but for the history of America," added an overwrought Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). "We're calling their bluff. We're staying here. Now vote yes or no."