Joel is asked to provide a description of his neighbor's car after the car and the neighbor both disappear. he is surprised to find that he really cant accurately recall the make of the car or any special details that might in identifying it.

Congress is controlled by the democrats. president yaeger, a republican, takes several actions that are opposed by the democrats in congress. first, the president introduces a new budget that cuts most of the government's social programs and gives tax breaks to the wealthy. next, president yaeger negotiates a trade treaty with a nation accused of human rights abuses. then, the president gives pardons to three republican senators who have been convicted of crimes.