chavez. that will be followed by president obama at the congressional black caucus foundation dinner. . . so, i did some research since there has never been a senate historian emeritus what about parking and what about an i.d. card. it was a great honor. i will cherish it to my dying day. they also agreed to open the senate chamber calories during the time that the senate is not in session. that had always been the case for 142 years until 9/11. it is one of the unfortunate consequences of 9/11. the galleries were closed when the senate was not in session. i had this quiet campaign to try to get that reversed, to follow the historical pattern. apparently, what they did was to agree to open the calories during the month of august. it turns out that the house calories are being closed for renovation. it worked out very well. i am hoping that the galleries will continue to stay open when the senate is in recess during the hours at the capitol building is open. one disgruntle