Fact: The First State is the only one without a national park.
They called it a budget thing, when they weren't nitpicking the very definition of the term. They pushed size with grins and winks, and notoriety with laughter. He'd have expected for respect for all the things he'd done for them, if he didn't know his siblings well enough.
The only thing he could do was continue to push his way through congress, and ignore the setbacks as his bills were tagged to unpopular things.
If he was patient, they would give in, even more so if he convinced them that it was their idea. He knew that they always did.
