Heard on the Hill: The Gift of Light - Roll Call

Heard on the Hill: The Gift of Light

By Elizabeth Brotherton and Alison McSherry

Posted December 8, 2010 at 6:42pm

Rep. Jane Harman sent a creative gift to incoming House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton on Wednesday, HOH hears.

To congratulate the Michigan Republican on his new post, the California Democrat sent him a poinsettia with an eco-friendly nonincandescent light bulb sticking out of it. The attached note, addressed to “Freddie,” read, “Congrats! May your term as E&C Chair be BRIGHT!”

And they say these are dark days for bipartisanship.

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