I'm seeing a lot of partisanship on this thread. Us bickering over who will benefit from others being out of work seems pretty out of touch to me. Don't you agree it's better for us to find common ground? What's even worse is that neither side is asking for much.
There is a common ground. It's the "clean" CR which is essentially the original Ryan budget on steroids.
Well the $$$ number that Harry Reid has for a Clean CR is pretty much the same as House Republicans want. I don't know about the Ryan Budget or something like it be enacted in full will happen.
On a side note the Hard Right doesn't care about polls. They want their agenda to go through no matter at whatever poltical cost there is.