So basically, what is happening in the Senate today is that

[Skidmore]

the Dems are putting up budget amendments and the Rs are voting them all down. Is that right?

[MadMaddie]

1. That's what I heard!!

[shoelace414]

2. see.. the dems have no ideas

[bluedog]

3. yep.same as yesterday.........

seemed like everything the Dems brought up was voted down.......

[Lefty48197]

4. It's too bad those spineless Democrats aren't offering any alternatives

to the right wingers' agenda.

[mattclearing]

5. LOL. n/t

[formercia]

6. Inhoff R-OK just put in an amendment

Caps the budget of any department at current spending unless approved by a 2/3 vote. Sounds harmless but any department, say Education, has their budget cut or killed, it will take a 2/3 vote to bring it back up.
Another way to kill the Federal government entitlements; kill their budget and they will stay killed unless the future Democratic majority can muster 2/3 of the votes.

[TahitiNut]

8. It was rejected.

Thank Gawd!

[formercia]

9. He will try to insert it again.

This is not the first time he's tried it. Grover Norquist economics at its worst.

[unblock]

7. i hope this is to establish good campaign issues?