Congressional Democrats have adjourned for Easter recess. Although the Bush administration has identified April 15 as the date by which a supplemental must be signed in order to prevent “disruption to key programs'” (in the words of Secretary Gates), Congress will not even return to the District until April 16. Rather than meet the deadline, the top priority of Congressional Democrats is to convince Americans that the Bush administration is lying. Congressional Democrats point to a Congressional Research Service report that says:

They seem to have ignored other parts of the report, however. For example: