Balking at the budget

Labor groups are pressuring GOP members not to vote for the budget reconciliation bill due to cuts in Medicare.

Are the Republicans starting to finally feel the heat after 5 years of President Bush's budgets?

With the criminal investigations spreading through the Republican party, and a President reaching lame-duck status in record time, a breakdown in the Republican message control, the Republican members of Congress may suddenly be more concerned with how budgets and legislation will affect their constituents, not their party funds.

- Murphy