Reno, working with Democrats, has a way to prevent that.

He has worked very effectively with Democrats over the last nine years.

And he hardly ever works with Democrats on domestic legislation.

And I would hope to be able to work with Democrats to get this done.

He prided himself on the ability to work easily with Democrats.

He takes pride in having worked with Democrats on some issues - for example, to close military bases no longer considered essential to national security.

You have to be willing to work with Democrats.

I worked with Republicans and Democrats to get things done.

But he made the mistake of working with Democrats on the proposal (which went nowhere).

After all, over the years they have worked with Democrats who did not seem to have their interests in mind.