that would change government policy and how federal funds are allocated within specific entities within the federal budget why are these so important to republicans? well, these have to deal with a whole bevy of conservative causes, the republicans want to see change and believe a spending bill is the best place to do it. they want to have massive reformation of the epa and environmental laws. looking the these policy riders i m holding in my hand there is everything for prohibit funds for the study of a missouri river project, to study ethenol blender pumps and ethenol storage facilities and how close you can mine to rain, what the epa can do to eliminate greenhouse gases. we don t know which riders are holding up the deal but we believe it is environmental and health care and abortion policy. the republicans have spoken out quite frequently, saying they want to ban all funds for planned parenthood within that spending bill, a nonstart we are people like barbara boxer. these are the