There's ANOTHER way to stop this in 2011.
A GOP House could refuse to fund any of it. Of course, the Senate would refuse the the House bill in conference and the Prez would refuse to sign such a spending bill.
This would set up another "gridlock" episode circa 1995.
then, the real fight starts.
Don’t forget that by refusing to fund it, it then becomes a budgetary issue... therefore ‘reconciliation’ can be used to drop the voting requirements down to a simple majority.
See, the Democraps did teach me something!
:-P