Monday, November 19, 2007

The Senate Cleric

CNN on the Senate's "pro forma" sessions, designed to prevent President Bush from issuing recess appointments:
The sessions are expected to last less than 30 seconds -- the cleric will announce who the presiding officer is, and then that senator will gavel the session closed.

I'm pretty sure they mean "clerk". But given the hold Christian conservatives still have over American politics, only pretty sure.

UPDATE: They fixed it. Oh well.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

No, they mean cleric. Once the announcement is made, they need someone who can cast a level 3 ward of protection spell after the session closes. And maybe do a raise dead if Robert Byrd croaks in the middle of the chamber.