Budget Vote

And speaking of Medicaid and taxes, I point you to this N.Y. Times article. Some highlights

The House and Senate broke a lengthy impasse over federal spending Thursday night, narrowly adopting a $2.56 trillion federal budget for 2006 that aims to trim the growth of Medicaid by $10 billion over five years, add $106 billion in tax cuts and clear the way for oil drilling in an Alaskan wildlife refuge.
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Mr. Bush cited the resolution as an example of his ability to get things done on Capitol Hill
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Although the budget resolution is nonbinding, it is important because it provides an economic blueprint that lawmakers can use to pass specific tax and spending legislation later in the year. For instance, the resolution assumes $106 billion in tax cuts over the next five years, and explicitly directs Congress to enact legislation providing for $70 billion of those cuts. The intent, its authors say, is to extend Mr. Bush's tax cuts on capital gains and dividend income.
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In the Senate, three Republicans - Senators George V. Voinovich and Mike DeWine of Ohio, and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island - joined with 43 Democrats and one independent to oppose the plan. Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, was absent.

Mmmm, tax cuts during war. It's NEVER EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. Oh wait, the Repugs just did that. Sorry. It's been done ONLY ONCE BEFORE and by the same Repugs who pushed it through this time.