it is very clear that the Dem tactic is to put the 2011 budget to rest any way they can and move on to the fight over the 2012 budget. It will buy them time to try and gin-up the same kind of huge anti-cut protests they’ve been having in the UK.
Actually, it was the Dem tactic to NOT pass this budget last year during the last Congress so they could use it to split the GOP this year.
The last thing the Dems want to do is move on; the next few months of hearings over the 2012 budget will give the GOP a much better opportunity of making much larger cuts.