[Tarpon]

And why are the Republicans going to allow this?

[Rapscallion]

You ask, "And why are the Republicans going to allow this?"

And what would you suggest the Republican minority do to stop the run-away train the democrats are driving?

[OldDeckHand]

"And why are the Republicans going to allow this?"

Your statement presumes that the Republicans actually have some say in the matter. They don't. That's what happens when the opposition has sizable majorities in the House and Senate. There really isn't anything the GOP can do until the 2010 elections.