Winner of the MoveOn.org “Stand Up and Fight” Award

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) found a clever way to highlight problems in the Republicans’ budget: he filed an amendment to change the official name of the bill to the “Moral Disaster of Monumental Proportion Reconciliation Act.”

Tell him thanks. I did.

Thank you for your brilliant response to the Reverse Robin Hood Republican Budget Bill!

Your filing of an amendment to change the official name of the bill to the “Moral Disaster of Monumental Proportion Reconciliation Act” was not only a powerful judgment, but also a wonderful awareness-raising satire of naming practices.

I think we’re all pretty sick of Leaving Children Behind, Dirty Air Acts, and the like.

Your gesture resonated.

Thank you.

(Thanks Richard!)