THE CHRISTMAS GIFT

In a true Christian spirit, and working hard to demonstrate us all how kind, gentle, republican senators are, four days before Christmas the U.S. Senate voted 51-50 in favor of a brutal budget package that cuts funding for health care, student loans, child support enforcement, foster care funding, and other programs by $40 billion over the next five years. Details here.

And...can you imagine who casted the tiebreake vote? Here's a clue: he can't live without his Ipod.