He also said "no" to cloning, stopped funding for international abortion clinics, is in the process of stopping funding for sex-education, to name just a couple of additional life-or-death issues.
I know one family who is about to lose a large farm because of death taxes. I need to read up on this farm bill, but if it keeps food-producing land in the hands of private property owners instead of defaulting to the government, I'm for it.
Some trade off, a treaty that would never pass in a million years against,
new unconstitutional education programs,
the start of government takeover of religious charity,
the repeal of the first amendment,
the "Patriot" act,
the new senior citizen entitlement of prescription drugs (right out of the Hillary handbook),
the twice defeated "know your customer rule",
federal takeover of airport security,
trade war starting steel tariffs and protectionism,
amnesty for illegal immigrants,
power grabbing military tribunals
Expanded farm subsidies
and there are probably more I have forgotten to mention.
That is worth the price of admission, if you are a liberal.