More austerity in works as Congress returns to work

Patria's Congress has returned from summer recess, kicking off the Third Session of the 49th Congress (3·XLIX 2012-13). The opening of the new session of Congress usually takes place on the third Monday of September, but was delayed a couple days because of Rosh Hashanah and Ganesh Chaturthi. On the order paper, picking up right where Congress left off in June, are more austerity measures, more cuts to government programs and services, a possible devaluation of the Patrienish Rupee, and likely the return of the Occupy Patria movement. With the US election coming up in November, Patria is also awaiting a possible transition to the Romney administration, although hopeful of four more years of Obama.

The session begins with the NHL locked out and the possibility of all or part of the upcoming hockey season being wiped out as in 2004-05. But there's always the Patrienish Hockey League. Castoropolis Centurions v. Caesarea Violets is the Leafs-Habs rivalry of the PHL.