Senator Gardner, even the smallest of bites will manage to get the Apple eaten. Why is it that not one small bite has been taken by our legislators? Is the Apple poison or something? I don't believe it's just the fault of the republican majority that causes the failure, it's the fault of the system being used like it is. What ever happened to joint legislative discussions anyway? Good things can be picked from some strange ideas if they could only be heard. Increase spending continues like a crack in the dike for some reason and neither party really wants it to stop.