supports. why is that a bad idea? because then it comes back to congress, and if we have votes that fail, then the president gets to unilaterally make this move nix this move. that s the fundamental problem. it allows members to take states convenient votes, not have to do something difficult, but there are people here that aren t trying to get elected in perpetuity. we re here to make the hard, tough decisions, so to actually go out and punt and say we ll leave that to the president, a, we re a co-equal branch of government, we ought to be making difficult decisions and the reason we re in this mess is congress and senates in the past have not made these decisions, and bill: he says i refuse to help barack obama get reelected and a default would destroy republicans at the moment. he also said i will not allow him, meaning president obama, to entice us as republicans in the coownership of a bad economy. clearly he s pointing the finger at the white house here. that s obvious