Bon Voyage, Madam Speaker!

US House Speaker Pelosi to Rome

(ANSA) - Rome, February 12 - The speaker of the United
States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, will be in
Rome next week for talks with top Italian officials focusing
in the global economic crisis and other leading issues.

The first woman to hold the third-highest position in
the American government, Pelosi has played a key role in
pushing through the economic policies drawn up by the
administration of President Barack Obama to combat the global
recession.
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Source: LifeInItaly.com

Note: So now President Obama is addressing the "global" recession, not just the financial woes of Henrietta Hughes in Ft. Myers , Florida. My, my. I wonder if Henrietta is now singing, "He's got the whole world - in his hands; the whole wor-r-r-rld, in his hands."

I'm also impressed with Speaker Pelosi's incredible luck in the timing of the vote of the stimulus bill. How very fortunate that there was no delay in the vote, which might have interfered with her travel plans. Thank goodness no one insisted on actually reading all 1,071 pages of the bill before voting on it.