PawNotes 🐾

In today’s comic we’re happy to finally introduce Jasper, Catsby and Kit Cat’s father. He works in the Washington D.C. area as a lobbyist for green energy companies. Lobbyists work with politicians and other leaders to try to influence laws and government.

The House of Representatives went without a Speaker for three weeks Mike Johnson from Louisiana was elected to the position on October 25, 2023. As he begins his new term, we expect that  common-ground-seeking readers like you will appreciate the very first comments he made after being elected: “Thank you, all. First, a few words of gratitude. I want to thank Leader [Hakeem] Jeffries (the Democrats’ nominee for speaker). I do look forward to working with you on behalf of the American people. I know we see things from very different points of view, but I know that in your heart you love and care about this country and you want to do what's right. And so, we're going to find common ground there, all right?”

His next words were thanks for his predecessor: “I want to -- I want to express my great thanks for our Speaker Emeritus, Kevin McCarthy. Kevin has dedicated over two decades of his life to selfless public service, 16 of those years in this House. And you would be hard-pressed to find anybody who loves this institution more or has contributed more to it.”