the new senator from alabama during his campaign said it was important to fund the s-c.h.i.p. program before it ran out of money and he listened to the seven democratic governors who said this is an emergency, we need help. so there were five courageous democrats on the other side who stood up to this ridiculous argument that it made sense somehow to shut down the government over an illegal immigration issue that the vast majority of this body would like to do something about anyway. so i want to particularly commend the five democrats who had the courage to stand up to this ridiculous strategy that put their whole party in an incredible predicament. because as the white house just