The first 50 hours

A quick summary of the first fifty hours from Devilstower at Dailykos:

Despite the diversion caused the introduction of Bush's plan to increase the pace of disaster in Iraq, the newly-seated Democratic congress has stuck to its goal of turning out legislation vital to the American public. Where Republicans squandered the last congress squandered the session on silliness and arm-waiving over subjects like flag burning, Democrats in the House have already produced ethics reform, adopted the recommendations of the 9/11 commission, raised the minimum wage, supported stem cell research, and authorized the government to negotiate Medicare drug prices. Friday, a bill was introduced that would move $13 billion now spent on oil subsidies, and move it to supporting renewable fuels.

Not a bad start, I'd say.