[cogitator]

There will be enough Democrats voting with us to beat them.

Why should the Democrats support a Republican budget bill that cuts entitlement spending? They want the Republicans to twist in the wind on this.

[CharlesWayneCT]

This is the true tragedy of the democrat leadership. It used to be that except for rare occasions, the democrats were allowed to vote their conscious. Now they are NEVER allowed to vote against the party line.

You can't tell me that there is not a single democrat elected in the country who would support this budget, but the leadership forbids it. God only knows how they keep their people in line, but it must suck to be a democrat house member, you pretty much just sit around and give Pelosi your votes.

Because of that, the republicans have to compromise with their own people, and the dems get to say that everything is partisan and they are shut out.

The press meanwhile ignores the facts, like that the republicans compromise in committee with democrats, and then the democrats vote against the bills anyway.

[Species8472]

So what about the caribou. They are not endangered or even threatened (I have the mortal remains of three of them in my freezer, they are delicious BTW). Ever drive through Texas or Oklahoma? Very common to see thousands of beef cattle milling around the oil rigs there and millions of Americans eat that beef without harmful effect. If the natives are so concerned about the caribou they can farm them like they do in Norway (The call them Reindeer)