Word: beuttler
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...million per day in labor that workers are unable to perform. With forecasts darkening on Tuesday, House majority leader Steny Hoyer canceled votes for the rest of the week, while the Senate called off votes slated for Wednesday. For what might be the first time ever, says Fred Beuttler, the House's deputy historian, the chamber's cafeteria was forced to close. Major hearings on Capitol Hill were postponed, including a congressional probe on Toyota's slew of safety recalls. Flights at Washington-area airports were grounded, Amtrak service was severely curtailed, schools were closed and mail service was suspended...
...Beuttler notes that the House's telecommuting system, created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks and signed into law by President George W. Bush, enables members to work remotely. But visitors to the capital seemed dumbstruck at the chaos the storm had wreaked on normal civil functions. "It's embarrassing that the world's largest superpower closes from a few feet of snow," a 23-year-old tourist on the National Mall told the Associated Press. "The Kremlin must be laughing...
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