Senate Democrats, specifically Senate Majority Leader Harry Ried (D. NV), have refused to pass a budget now for three years. Actually, they've refused to even propose one. The only Democratic budget proposals have been President Barack Obama's ludicrous budgets which I can only assume have been an attempt at humor. The last one was voted down without a single vote in favor. Meanwhile, this refusal to propose a budget runs deep. Outgoing Senator Kent Conrad (D. ND),Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, had the strange idea that he would introduce a budget to be marked up for debate based on the Simpson-Bowles committee recommendations. Not so fast, mister! Senator Ried stepped in and killed the idea, leaving Senator Conrad to plead indirectly to his own party leader for permission to bring a bill in his own committee.
Senate Democrats have been deathly afraid of unveiling a budget because it would likely destroy their chances of holding the Senate and the White House. Their budget priorities are spending, their constituents are blocs they buy off with government goodies. If independents were to see through this it would likely throw the elections heavily to Republicans in November, much the way it did in 2010 when Republicans took historic gains in the House. It's amazing what a group will stoop to in order to maintain power.
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