Dave sends us this clip from the National Journal's Congress Daily news:

Trusting The Force, House Empties For Screening

After losing six hours of House floor time Wednesday to resolve a jurisdictional dispute over the welfare reform reauthorization bill, House GOP leaders confronted a potentially more serious problem when roughly a quarter of the entire House said they would be spending the evening at the movies.

"They're all members with kids," said one GOP leadership aide. "It's a bipartisan effort." Fomenting the near revolt was a special screening - open to members - of the latest Star Wars film, "Episode II - Attack of the Clones." House leaders originally had scheduled the welfare debate to begin late Wednesday morning and conclude by early evening. However, leaders were forced to postpone the debate to fix a dispute involving the Ways and Means and the Appropriations committees. To accommodate members wanting to attend the three-hour screening, GOP leaders agreed to roll votes until the end of the debate, but with one condition: "You have to come back," the aide said.