[image: CAP News] House Imposes Limit On Gas Emissions By Congress [image: House Imposes Limit On Gas Emissions By Congress]
WASHINGTON (CAP) - A bill to create the first national limit on gas emissions by members of Congress was approved by the House of Representatives yesterday after a week of late-night debates and committee meetings punctuated by jaunts to Taco Bell and Hardee's. The bill now moves on to the Senate where passage is expected to be a breeze. "When this bill is enacted into law, we will cut air pollution in both chambers of Congress by 75 percent," said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), who sponsored the bill. "No longer will visitors to the Capitol have to be told that the lingering stale smell is simply because the building is so old." The legislation will create a cap-and-trade system whereby legislators would be allotted a certain number of days each month during which they are allowed to consume malodorous gas-producing foods while present in either chamber of Congress. Those who eat more or less could take part in a Wall Street-like stock exchange with their allowances. 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Should the bill become law, the maximum emissions permitted would gradually be lowered to achieve the targeted reductions by the end of President Obama's term in office. For his part, Obama supports the bill, although he has stated he'd like to see funds earmarked for air fresheners to help speed up the recovery process. "A little Glade goes a long way," said Obama. "In fact, I always carry a little can in my pocket because you just never know. "Oops, excuse me," Obama added as he took out his little can and sprayed the Glade behind himself. "There, that's better." IN OTHER NEWS The Pentagon is accusing Chinese cyberspies of hacking the Twitter accounts of thousands of teenage girls after a flurry of mean, vindictive tweets surfaced. "We knew no one would ever purposefully post such awful things about their own friends," said one official. "So we figured it had to be China." 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