I fear that the good senator has been in office so long that he may have forgotten that ours is system where the legislators represent the people and "legislate" on our behalf. I never thought it was the legislature's role to be a handmaiden to the executive branch. Rather, I thought it the role of the executive to "execute" laws passed by the legislature. Help me out here, for all my years have I had a total misconception of the functions of our three branches of government? Or, has this Congress, now ruled by "republicans" just given up the game? And if so, is this not carrying party affiliations and loyalty too far?