Comfortable Disappearance

All too often, I think I forget about where I live and work. It’s really easy to see the same people everyday and think that what we’re doing is really average, every day stuff. Today was a startling reminder that this isn’t a normal old office…

Today, the Senate went into a closed session for the first time in 25 years. Senator Harry Reid invoked Rule 21, the rule that sends the Senate into a closed session where no one, but Senators are allowed on the floor:

I demand on behalf of the American people that we understand why these investigations aren’t being conducted, and in accordance with Rule 21, I now move that the Senate go into closed session.

Needless to say, I, and my co-workers were all caught off guard by this. It’s been an interesting day here, and I’m eager to see what will come of it.

New York Times article.