way that hr-1 did, and it leaves out these extraneous riders on things like abortion, global warming and other things that would cause make it far more difficult to get to a budget decision. senator, there s been a lot of criticism of a lot of players in this budget debate. let me play you a clip of senator claire mccaskill who was not happy about the senate democratic proposal put out this week. here s what she had to say. i still think there are way too many people in denial about the nature of the problem and how serious it is. and i don t think we re demonstrating to the american people that we understand the nature of the problem when we present an alternative proposal with such a small number of cuts. who is she referring to when she says there are too many folks around here who are in denial? is she referring to you, harry reid, the more liberal members of your congress?