Senate Votes English Official Muffin of Congress
By Scott Ott, Editor-in-Chief, ScrappleFace.com
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(2006-05-19) — Just hours after approving two amendments that would make English the “national language” of the U.S. without affecting any of the millions of government documents now printed in Spanish, the Senate today voted 58-39 to declare English “the official muffin of Congress.”
“With lots of nooks and crannies to hold the melted butter,” the new amendment reads, “the English muffin has come to symbolize the glory of the Congressional lawmaking process.”
While conservative critics noted that “the English muffin is not a muffin at all in the traditional sense,” a coalition of Democrats and progressive Republicans managed to push the measure through.
When asked what effect the amendments would have on President George Bush’s comprehensive immigration reform proposal, one unnamed Senate Republican said simply, “Toast. Rye toast.”
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national language: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/washington/19immig.html
English: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/18/AR2006051800242.html
comprehensive: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/18/bush.border/index.html
proposal: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/washington/19bush.html
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