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a florida jail facing obscenity charges. philip greeves was arrested at his home yesterday morning by deputies in florida. the book caused a lot of controversy after it shows up on amazon.com s website. it was pulled after protests. the arrest warrant came after grieves sold a book to deputies in florida. we should get the first results of the 2010 census today. most, if not all, of the counting is done. it is expected to show only modest population gains and a continuing migration to the south and the west. because of its increasing population, texas could gain four congressional seats while states like new york and ohio should lose seats. lawmakers in the house are expected to give final approval today to a sweeping new food safety bill. the house and the senate have both been involved in an unusual flurry of activity as the lame duck session winds down. karen travers is joining us from washington with a look at what they have been up to. karen? reporter: good morning, rob
walsh, editor at large, salon.com. joan, here s the list that has passed in the lame duck session of congress. the tax bill compromise, whether you like it or no the unemployment extension. the repel of don t ask, don t tell. the food safety bill. and on the verge of s.t.a.r.t. and told tonight by senator schumer there will be a vote for the 9/11 responders tomorrow in the senate. what do you make of all of this? well, i think it shows us, ed what a smart strategy it was for the republicans to become the party of no because they decided, you know, the minute president obama was inaugurated that if they could tie him up if they could tie him in knots and prevent him from moving forward and helping the country move forward they can would do well politically and that happened. now that we have seen a little bit of progress, you and i did not like the tax cut compromise but we will leave that aside for the moment, you re seeing this people have more optimism and people think that the pre
they could have passed these bills months ago and now it s jammed into a lame-duck session in the congress. and it is kind of amazing just how much congress can get done when they re under a deadline and under the gun. the lame duck, this lame-duck session of the congress has been one of the most productive in recent history. let s see what they ve done. they have passed a tax bill compromise, a lot of liberals don t like it, but it does help the unemployed. it s got an unemployment extension. repeal of don t ask, don t tell. that s an accomplishment over the weekend. the food safety bill and now the senate s on the verge of ratifying the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, but of course, the republicans are against that. now if they can get the 9/11 bill through this week, it would be another win for the president of the united states and the democrats, but more importantly, it would be a huge win for the people who really understand sacrifice. we ve talked about sacrifice on
jammed into a lame-duck session in the congress. and it is kind of amazing just how much congress can get done when they re under a deadline and under the gun. the lame duck, this lame-duck session of the congress has been one of the most productive in recent history. let s see what they ve done. they have passed a tax bill compromise, a lot of liberals don t like it, but it does help the unemployed. it s got an unemployment extension. repeal of don t ask, don t tell. that s an accomplishment over the weekend. the food safety bill and now the senate s on the verge of ratifying the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, but of course, the republicans are against that. now if they can get the 9/11 bill through this week, it would be another win for the president of the united states and the democrats, but more importantly, it would be a huge win for the people who really understand sacrifice. we ve talked about sacrifice on this program in recent days, haven try? 9/11 responders shouldn t have to wait this