I like Byron York who wrote
this article, but in all seriousness, if the Dems haven’t passed a budget in
over 3 years I doubt highly the debt ceiling situation scares then one
bit. What the GOP should have done was
file suit against the Dems for not passing a budget as required by the
Constitution.
But, that takes balls and
D.C. GOPers don’t have any.
Tuesday
marks the 1,350th day since the Senate passed a budget. The law requires
Congress to pass a budget every year, on the grounds that Americans deserve to
know how the government plans to spend the trillions of taxpayer dollars it
collects, along with dollars it borrows at the taxpayers' expense. But Majority
Leader Harry Reid, who last allowed a budget through the Senate in April 2009,
has ignored the law since then.
There's no
mystery why. The budget passed by large Democratic majorities in the first
months of the Obama administration had hugely elevated levels of spending in
it. By not passing a new spending plan since, Reid has in effect made those
levels the new budgetary baseline. Congress has kept the government going with
continuing resolutions based on the last budget signed into law.
While Reid
has forbidden action, the House has passed budgets as required. Senate
Democrats have been highly critical of those budgets, designed by House Budget
Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. But under Reid's leadership, Democrats have
steadfastly refused to come up with a plan of their own.
The
situation is deeply frustrating for many Republicans. Sen. Jeff Sessions,
ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, has conducted a virtual
crusade on the issue, loudly and consistently and unsuccessfully demanding that
Reid obey the law and pass a budget. Now, with a fight over the debt ceiling
approaching, Sessions wants to try something new.
More here
Again, the
GOP should file a lawsuit. What’s so
difficult about doing that?
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