Unhold Us, Senators

Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart, Susan B. Anthony. We all know who these women are, and what they've done for women, and for America's history. It is borderline outrageous that there is not a national museum dedicated to such women and their roles in this countries life. This seems to be Gail Collins' sentiments exactly when she expressed said thoughts in Unhold Us, Senators. The bill in Congress is seemingly harmless, unless you hate women, and it's rather straight forward. If passed, the legislation would let a group, called National Women's History Museum, buy property on Independence Avenue, at market price. Okay, that doesn't seem so bad, I mean, they could have written something in that said the government had to fork it over. The group will also pay for the construction, again, not bad. Unless this is too good to be true, why is it being held up in Congress? Collins claims there are two men to blame: Jim DeMint, of South Carolina, and Tom Coburn, of Oklahoma. For those that don't know, a "hold up" is a nice way of saying that any member of the Senate has the right to complete stop a bill's progress and make sure they see it's demise. With Congress dragging their feet as recess draws near the Women's History Museum group is feeling a tremendous sense of urgency to get the bill back on it's feet. The two opposed Senators claim that when the group can't pay the bills they'll come crawling to the government looking for a hand-out. This doesn't seem likely to me, Gail Collins, or Meryl Streep, who personally offered one million dollars. She also has another person offering up some spare change for the museum. When Collins got a hold of DeMint to ask why, he sent her a list of museums that have "similar missions". As Collins pointed out that Streep pointed out, there are already numerous other museums such as; a postal, textile, and spy museums right there in Washington D.C. All, except the spy museum, sound dull and unnecessary, and sadly, a waste of someones money. Women's History is something we all learn for elementary school up to college, and then some. It only seems natural to have this as a Nationally recognised museum.