--- The Omnibus Budget and "Tax Rate Extension" ---

Oh, as the lame ducks smile, betray 2 November, [1]
Simpson-Bowles Report nor PayGo remember.
Earmarks got them tethered; spurned, they leave in shame;
This isn't the time for the ratings game.

Means and Ways pinned them down and repressed them through
November, December.
Sixty-two session days [2] they'll bend to shoo
Progressive's nays, while spending grew.

--- STrategic Arms Reduction Treaty ---

Oh, we've a long, long pile of nukes to dismember,
But our gaze grows short when we don't remember
How we fought as brethren, learned the cold-war game.
Our weapons bought time; war then never came.

So when phases cull down to a balanced few,
NATO members fear embers.
In these precar'ous days, pretend START's true;
Nu-mer-ous ways the end we'll rue.

--- Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the Military ---

Oh, it's the lame-duck style, betray 2 November.
Butt the gays now sport, in crew breach a member.
When the odd bums tether, are relieved, no blame.
They have a hot time in the dating game.

Oh, the gays win their crown 'cause the pressure grew. [3]
November's, December's
Sixty-two precious days extend rules blue
For specious gays, offending you.