Style Invitational Week 1005: Send us the bill -- our congressional 'joint legislation' contest

The Heck-Custer Act to Promote Less Vulgar Putdowns. The Kildee-Barr Resolution to commemorate the precociousness of Davy Crockett. The Salmon-Meadows Act to promote alternative fish farming. Like many Washington area residents, the Empress takes a great interest in the outcomes of congressional races every two years. And like more and more Americans these days, she tends to hope for an infusion of fresh blood in the House and Senate. But more than most Americans, she hopes foremost that the new...