The one overarching responsibility of ANY government or nation is to take care of its citizens; to provide funding for health needs; to assist the poor and provide necessary funds for minor children in need; to provide for military protection, to care for its veterans, etc. In my home state of Tennessee, one Senator voted no; one Senator did not vote and my Representative voted no. Tennessee is not well served by its representatives in Congress and makes me sometime wish that these people would migrate to a country in which they would feel more comfortable and welcomed. Some politicans love America, they just hate Americans, especially those that cost the government money (which is all of us).