"They're (the Obama White House) making a grievous mistake if they think they can just present anything to us and assume that because we're Democrats, we'll go along with what the president has capitulated to." -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
"If they bring to the Senate a piece of crap that really comes down heavy on working families and children and the elderly and they expect me to matter-of-factly vote for it, they'll have another think coming." Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
The House Progressive Caucus is also backing Minority Leader Pelosi's line in the sand on Social Security and Medicaid/Medicare. Illegitimi non carborundum!
