No. of Recommendations: 8
The Republicans clearly said they were more than willing to negotiate AFTER the clean C.R. had been passed, because they did not want America to be blackmailed.
Consider my statement amended - the Republicans made it clear that they were not willing to negotiate....until after the Democrats had given them the votes they needed.
But surely you understand why the Democrats countered and said, "no, we're going to insist on negotiating the health care provisions we believe are necessary before we give you the votes that you would presumably be negotiating for."
