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Senate Dems Won't Produce a Budget This Year ('Do nothing' Dingy)
Weekly Standard ^ | 2/28/14 | DANIEL HALPER

Posted on 02/28/2014 2:54:31 PM PST by Libloather

A Capitol Hill source source says that Senate Democrats will not produce a budget this year. The news is expected to come from Senator Patty Murray's office at 3 p.m. today, as part of a Friday afternoon news dump. Murray is chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.

Senator Jeff Sessions from Alabama released this statement. "Senate Democrats are required by law to produce a budget," wrote Sessions.

"Our nation is in enormous financial distress, and workers and families are suffering. Senate Democrats have produced only one budget in the last five years. This Senate and, more importantly, the American public, deserve to see a detailed ten-year financial plan to contain our dangerously rising debt and revitalize our dismal economy."


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KEYWORDS: budget; dems; reid; senate
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Democrats are required by law

Not according to Holder.

1 posted on 02/28/2014 2:54:31 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Does that mean they’re not going to spend any of our hard earned money?


2 posted on 02/28/2014 2:56:07 PM PST by Savage Beast (Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
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To: Savage Beast

Maybe they’ll give it back to us.


3 posted on 02/28/2014 2:56:47 PM PST by Savage Beast (Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
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To: Libloather

Can we file charges of not following their oath of office to uphold the constitution?


4 posted on 02/28/2014 2:57:37 PM PST by jyro (French-like Democrats wave the white flag of surrender while we are winning)
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To: Libloather

It’s ok, Obama is going to go around congress
on the budget and anything else he wants.


5 posted on 02/28/2014 2:57:38 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

Obama was heard to mutter, “There’s not even
a smidgeon of a budget”.

Also something about,
“It’s a budget, when I say it’s a budget!”.
Including,” If you like your senate, you can keep it”.


6 posted on 02/28/2014 3:00:38 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: jyro
Can we file charges of not following their oath of office to uphold the constitution?

Even the taking of your money will not give you standing to sue the government for failing to publish a budget of how they plan to spend it.

The courts will argue that since the taxes were going to be taken anyway, you were not "harmed" by the failure to produce a budget.

-PJ

7 posted on 02/28/2014 3:04:35 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Libloather

Ah ha, Patty Murray—Paul Ryan’s compadre and partner in crime in screwing our servicemen & servicewomen.


8 posted on 02/28/2014 3:05:28 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: Political Junkie Too

How about a “contempt” ruling for failure to perform their sworn duty.


9 posted on 02/28/2014 3:09:35 PM PST by jyro (French-like Democrats wave the white flag of surrender while we are winning)
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To: Libloather

Taxation without Representation.


10 posted on 02/28/2014 3:15:22 PM PST by 4Liberty (Optimal institutions - optimal economy.)
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To: Libloather

The good news is, if the Republicans retake the Senate in 2014, the media will make sure a budget gets passed.


11 posted on 02/28/2014 3:37:40 PM PST by Hardastarboard (The question of our age is whether a majority of Americans can and will vote us all into slavery.)
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To: Libloather

Well, it is an election year, after all. They can’t expose themselves, can they.


12 posted on 02/28/2014 3:54:22 PM PST by Real Cynic No More (Border Fence Obamacare!)
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Dingy DoNothin

Lol :-)

13 posted on 02/28/2014 4:03:56 PM PST by Bobalu (Happiness is a fast ISR)
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14 posted on 02/28/2014 4:09:56 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Libloather

That’s a nice statement by Sen. Sessions. Unfortunately, no one seems to care except Conservatives. NOT a good thing.


15 posted on 02/28/2014 4:26:35 PM PST by upchuck (South Carolina Representative Trey Gowdy for Speaker of the House!!!)
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Senate Dems Won't Produce a Budget This Year ('Do nothing' Dingy)

These criminals sound like parrots when anyone attacks the Abominable Health Care Act by squawking...

Can't stop it, IT'S THE LAW~!
SQUAWK!!

Can't change it, IT'S THE LAW!
SQUAWK!!

Can't repeal it, IT'S THE LAW!!
SQUAWK!!

Guess what?

PASSING A TIMELY BUDGET EACH YEAR IS ALSO A FREAKIN' LAW!

And has been one, a lot longer than the Abominable Care Act.

16 posted on 02/28/2014 5:54:38 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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To: upchuck

How about a citizens arrest?


17 posted on 02/28/2014 5:56:16 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Insurgent Conservative)
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To: Libloather
Senator Sessions for Majority Leader in the next session.
18 posted on 02/28/2014 6:06:38 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media -- IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

That would be better than doing nothing.


19 posted on 02/28/2014 6:17:21 PM PST by upchuck (South Carolina Representative Trey Gowdy for Speaker of the House!!!)
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To: upchuck

Maybe we can get the GOPe to raise the debt limit again with no questions asked?


20 posted on 02/28/2014 7:36:44 PM PST by Hipshot 6 (Hipshot 6)
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