Dumping on a Holiday Weekend

We are making a concerted effort to try to get legislative issues and action steps out to the members as fast as possible. While it is summer and some groups are not meeting and there is not a tremendous amount going on at the time, we need to be consistent and watchful. There is a lot of talk on the television about "dumps". For example, the most recent one I recall is the hundreds of pages of medical reports on John McCain just before the Memorial Day weekend when apparently we were all supposed to be gearing up for our picnics. This is just one example and this is not a new phenomeon and in fairness, its not just Senator McCain. But it is an important illustration of why we should not sleep even on holiday weekends. As a result, PPD is working very hard to try to get out as much information as possible and as timely as possible. In the political arena, if we are sleeping, we have missed our call - perhaps even the one that will change history.