The Power of Just Saying No

As in, "Sorry Mr. President, we're not in any hurry to pass a FISA bill. The bad FISA law that you and your Republican watercarriers terrorized us into passing shouldn't stand, and if you're not going to work with us to make the narrow fix that's called for, then we'll just let it expire and let the prior law come back into effect. Unless you work with us, that's what you'll force us to do."

Why can't Jane understand this?