Congress was debating anti-terorrist legislation in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.  The Senate leadership of both parties agreed to work late that night in order to pass a bill giving greater surveillance powers to law enforcement. Senator Carl Levin was proposing legislation regarding money laundering.  He approached freshman Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton,  and whispered, " I've got something up in my office you just have to see."  Her eyes widened.  On the subway from the Senate floor, where they joined the junior senator from Michigan, Debbie Stabenow, to the Russell Senate building, she wondered "What could it be?  Satellite photos of Bin Laden's hideout?  Inside info on anthrax mail?"

No.  It was the "Senate Piece"!

Senators Levin and Clinton get a guided tour from the artist.

 

Senators Levin, Clinton and Stabenow discuss the merits of Texas bullshit contained in the sculpture versus the Washington varieties.

Barbara and Senator Levin, Senator Clinton, Senator Stabenow, the artist and his wife, Janet, who commented, "In times like these, art can seem so superficial but it is really more relevant than ever."

"Falling Dollar"	"One of the Boys"	"The Main Piece"