On July 1, House Democrats attached a provision that "deemed as passed" a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. This execution of the "deeming" provision allows congress to start spending money for Fiscal Year 2011 without the the constraints of a budget.
The procedural vote passed 215 to 210. No Republicans voted in favor while 38 Democrats voted against deeming the non-existent budget resolution passed. Since the creation of the Congressional budget process, the House has never failed to pass a budget and then deemed the non-existent budget as passed. This means there was not a direct, recorded vote on a budget, but Congress can still spend taxpayer money. "Facing a record deficit and a tidal wave of debt, House Democrats decided it was politically inconvenient to put forward a budget and account for their fiscal recklessness. With no priorities and no restraints, the spending, taxing, and borrowing will continue unchecked for the coming fiscal year," House Budget Committee Ranking Member Paul Ryan said. "The so-called budget enforcement resolution enforces no budget, but instead provides a green light for the Appropriators to continue spending, exacerbating our looming fiscal crisis." "Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office rang the latest fiscal alarm with the release of The Long-Term Budget Outlook," Ryan said. "Today, Congress again hit snooze. To avert a fiscal and economic calamity, Washington needs to wake up." You all remember when the Democrats back in March were going deem the health care bill passed and Americans were outraged at the idea, House Republican Leader John Boehner said. Well, here we are today, where the Democrats are scheming to deem a budget in place. It's not a budget: all it is is a set of numbers so Democrats can continue their out-of-control spending spree here in Washington. It is truly extraordinary that Democrats this week, after abdicating their responsibility to create a federal budget through the ordinary process of committee drafting and floor consideration, now expect the American people to accept some effort to deem a budget, Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, said. Budgets are important because they provide a template for the priorities of spending and revenues that provide an environment for growth, Pence said. But more poignantly than the internal machinations of the creation of a budget, the outlining of priorities, is this Congress also cannot deem a recovery of the American economy. It will be interesting to see how Republicans use this for the upcoming elections. Already facing a difficult election cycle, it doesn't seem like this can help one bit. J - Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15. - R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322516 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
