# To the US Congress: Would y'all please get your stories straight?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-us-congress-would-yall-please-get-your-stories-straight/89076>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 23, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-us-congress-would-yall-please-get-your-stories-straight/89076 "2001-10-23T13:54:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-us-congress-would-yall-please-get-your-stories-straight/89076/1 "2001-10-23T13:54:13Z")

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First they tell us that the anthrax sent to Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle was “weapons-grade.” Then they say it **wasn’t**. Now some are saying it **was**. And I’ve had just about enough! Either get together and give us one single version or just tell us that you don’t have any fucking idea **what** it is! Hey, congresspeople, this is **no** time to be arguing with each other! Or are you not even **capable** of establishing a consensus?

How was that for my first Pit thread?

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**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-us-congress-would-yall-please-get-your-stories-straight/89076/2 "2001-10-23T14:01:24Z")

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Remember, this is the same Congress where the House panicked and took some days off of work even though the Senate, which didn’t, got the Anthrax.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-us-congress-would-yall-please-get-your-stories-straight/89076/3 "2001-10-23T14:07:33Z")

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I bet Minority Leader Dick(head) Gephardt had something to do with the House closing. He’s the main voice that still says it was weapons-grade.