the constitution page by page on the flor of the house as one of their first acts? well, they apparently enjoyed that so much a couple of years ago when they did it the first time that they decided to bring it back. so today for more than an hour, members of the house took turns reading a section of the constitution, again. and honestly, the second time around, the whole thing sort of lost a little bit of steam compared with last time. all told, just 74 members of the house turned up today to read parts of the constitution. now organizers had said they expected 120 members to show up. so they divided the constitution into 120 sections. when not that many people showed up, they ended up having to stretch. they had to give the congressmen and women who did show up two or three sections apiece to read all at once. the squeal is never as good as the original, right? fortunately for house republicans, though, it was not as flat-out embarrassing for them as a group this time the way it was when they did it the last time a couple of years ago. remember, a couple of years ago when they did it, the first time