Oh, frabjous day

Seems that Senator Dianne Feinstein, arch-liberal from San Francisco, has been forced to resign from her position on the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee for voting for appropriations worth 'billions' to be awarded to two firms, Perini Corp. and URS Corp., owned by her husband, Richard Blum.
Oops. I thought that's the very thing 'recusal' was for...