If their lips were moving, they were lying.
They did not GIVE the Republicans that deal. Trent Lott, who I was starting to feel sorry for, gave that deal to the dems when it was a 50-50 Senate, even though we HAD the majority with Cheney's vote. Then Jeffords jumped the aisle in the middle of the year, and rather than start all over again the Dems decided to keep the funding the same as the Republicans had given them.
Stupid Lott. Stupid, stupid, stupid Lott. You can not EVER EVER do one single tiny thing that benefits a Democrat in any way, for any reason, because they will scream that you've just set a precedent and demand the same favor be given over and over forever. If Thune or Terrell had won and we had 52 Republican senators, they'd be screaming that the funding shouldn't change because 52-48 is so close to 51-49. And somehow they'd make everyone think that was fair.