Okay, this is pretty bad.

The republicans seem to have wanted the bill to pass - so they could blame the democrats for passing it. Link here.

Public Service Announcement: Register!

In both Canada and the United States, deadlines for registering to vote are approaching. If you haven't already, you need to register to vote.

This is somewhat less of a problem in Canada, where showing proof of address and ID is enough to get you in to vote even if you weren't registered before. That's not true in the States.