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Democrats Not Even Bothering With Deceptive Budget

By Joseph Lawler on 6.22.10 @ 12:09PM

It was going to be hard to justify the decade of near-trillion dollar deficits, so the Democrats are now planning on simply skipping the budget resolution. Because of irreconcilable differences between Blue Dogs who favor deficit reduction and liberals who want to pass further stimulus measures, House Democrats won't pass a budget this year, as Majority Leader Steny Hoyer acknowledged yesterday.

Needless to say, Hoyer had some choice words for the House Republicans when they were struggling to pass a budget resolution in 2006:

House Republicans are now on the cusp of failing to meet the most basic responsibility of governing - enacting a budget. The truth is, the American people are not the only ones who are rejecting the Republican Party's policies - so are some Republicans. After years of helping their party and president dig a massive fiscal hole, some Republicans are now running scared that their misguided policies will finally catch up to them at the ballot box this November.

And as Debra Saunders notes, current Budget Committee chairman John Spratt was singing a similar tune:

"If you can't budget, you can't govern," Rep. John Spratt Jr., D-S.C., proclaimed in 2006 when the House GOP leadership chose to dispense with passing a budget resolution.

Now that the Dems run the House, Spratt is chairman of its Budget Committee and the April 15 deadline for passing a budget resolution is a niggling detail, easily ignored.

It's really bad news that the Democrats can't find a way to paint a rosy picture of the budget even when the alternative is no budget at all.

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Eric Cartman| 6.22.10 @ 12:16PM

Finally, the Democrats will not be lying to us. Phew!

Ken (Old Texican)| 6.22.10 @ 12:31PM

What worries me.

IF we pull off a sweep of the House of Reps, I am worrying about what the communists, (pardon the shorthand), will do in the lame duck period before next January.

HOUSTON...we have a problem!

I hope each of you will pray earnestly about how we save our country...one of us at a time.

I hope each one of you has been stocking up against the day.

""Dear Father, what am I to do? Is our country salvageable? Are we past the time where ballots mean anything?
Father, we have given them "our cloaks, and our tunics also". We have turned the other cheek, and we have prayed for those who persecute us.

Is "America" worth saving? Are we finally in the ultimate "self defense mode"?

Must we stand idly by and watch the lights of the world go out for a thousand years...or perhaps until Jesus comes again?

Are we truly in those "last days", when Satan is loosed for a time?
Father, please forgive us if we stand up to these demons with our faulty understanding of your will.
In Jesus' name we approach your throne.
Amen

grant1863| 6.22.10 @ 2:05PM

Wonder what the markets and the Chinese think of this. I'm afraid we will find out in a lightning bolt one day when they collapse 1000 points or the bond market falls apart. October would be poetic justice since the collapse in October 2008 brought the government we have now.

ncatty| 6.22.10 @ 2:36PM

I understand why Pelosi and Hoyer steer straight for the rocks, because they are in safe districts, but how are they keeping the rest of the crowd on board? What are they being promised after they lose their seats in November?