The Senate voted today to smack down an attempt to cut spending from the 2006 emergency spending bill current under debate. An amendment offered by Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY) that would have replaced the entire text of the $106.5 billion bill with President Bush's original $92.2 request was easily defeated 72 - 26. The veto-proof result of this vote comes on the heels of repeated requests by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and other conservatives in the Senate for the President to use his influence to reduce the size of the emergency spending bill. The president's veto threat issued yesterday seems to have had little impact on Senators however, many of whom may consider the president to be the boy who cried wolf on fiscal issues. Until the president actually vetoes a spending bill or demostrates any interest in fiscal responsibilty, why should anyone in Congress, or the rest of the country, believe the president?