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for once  Posted at 4:24 PM on April 30, 2008 by Michael Marchio
Both chambers had a busy day today. In fact, the Senate isn't
even done. It's recessed to attend something called the I-90
dinner. The indefatigable Sen. Ann Rest's committee will be
meeting during the dinner anyway, she said as the Senate went to
recess. That's how you get to be number one in the power
rankings, folks.  Over in the House, they gave approval to a
number of bills. One of the most interesting ones, sponsored by
Rep. Bill Hilty, HF995, is a resolution urging the governor to
come up with a response plan for "Peak Oil". That's the term
used to describe when half the world's oil supply has been used
up, and that the remaining half will both be in harder-to-reach
places and be consumed quicker than the first half because of
the world's increasin