The highway bill. A transportation packaged has been tied up for months, and The Hill's Keith Laing reported Tuesday that Sens. Barbara Boxer and James Inhofe were working to make a little progress. But, alas, Laing writes, "The proposal did not include a House provision mandating that the Obama administration approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, however, and GOP leaders on the House Transportation Committee gave it an initially cool reception." (Photo via -Snugg- via Flickr.)

Sen. Claire McCaskill's mom. "For the last two years, [Senate Minority Leader] Mitch McConnell has been trying to figure out what amendments he can put on the floor to make my life miserable," McCaskill said on MSNBC Tuesday, as The Hill noted. "There are so many 'gotcha' votes — all they have done for the past two years is been obstructionist and try to figure out some way to put something on the floor that would get me to vote against my own mother." (Photo via aroid via Flickr.)

Naming a Minnesota post office. The House sent to the president's desk a bill "To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Evergreen Square SW in Pine City, Minnesota, as the 'Master Sergeant Daniel L. Fedder Post Office'."

Naming a Pennsylvania post office. The House sent to the president's desk a bill "To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11 Dock Street in Pittston, Pennsylvania, as the 'Trooper Joshua D. Miller Post Office Building'."

Naming a New York post office. The House sent to the president's desk a bill "To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the "Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office'."

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