House Speaker and Barnes and Noble CEO Introduce Author Legislation

Barnes and Noble CEO, Steve Riggio and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have introduced a bill into Congress that would allow Congressional Leadership and Unpublished Authors to "swap" jobs. Photo - Barnes & Noble CEO, Steve Riggio

Pelosi admitted that the idea for the bill came to her while reading, Losing America by Sen. Robert Byrd.

"I started cogitating," Pelosi chuckled red-faced, "Something I try not to do too often . . . and got to thinking that while most of us elected officials are writing best-sellers, the country is spiraling into one-hell-of-a-mess. And then it hit me! There are a whole bunch of unpublished authors in the U.S. . . . just doing nothing . . . waiting for their "big break." Why not let those authors come to Washington and do our jobs? They certainly couldn't do any worse and that would free up Congressional members to do what they do best . . . write great fiction for the American public."

Riggio interrupted at that point, adding, "After Nancy contacted me our 4th quarter losses were being made public and I considered all the great Congressional best-sellers. Books like Hillary Rodham Clinton's, It Takes A Village to Watch My Husband, and Sam Brownback's, Kansas Agricultural Law. So, I told Nancy, why not? And the rest . . . well, the rest is history!"

"Historical fiction!" echoed Sen. Chris Dodd, from somewhere in the back of the room. "That's my favorite kind of history . . . you know where some of the history is true and some of it is made-up and stuff."

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