* Former top lobbyist Don Beason has been spotted at Senate Finance Committee hearings, though he does not sign in to the guest sheet.
* U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, a Cherryville Republican, is playing a key role on GOP efforts to shape the 2010 Census policies.
* Spurred by N.C. Democratic Party, some 300 people call Sen. Richard Burr's office to complain about Rep. Virginia Foxx's remarks.
* Phones at Foxx's offices not being answered, calls "diverted to a general voice mail box, which was full and unable to record messages."




Re: Quick Hits
So true. Especially if you add cheese. That attracts an entirely different kind of gluttonous varmint.