[maxter]

What exactly did the Republicans lose with this agreement?

[clintonh8r]

What exactly did the Republicans lose with this agreement?

The ability to run the senate as a cohesive majority, and lot of votes and a lot of money in 2006. The ability of the majority leader to push the president's agenda on taxes, SS reform, etc.

[penowa]

"What exactly did the Republicans lose with this agreement?"

A whole lot of conservative votes in '06!