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As Americans watch the House battle with the Senate over Obama's desire to raise the debt ceiling, one important thing the MSM refuses to report is that the Senate under Harry Reid has not passed a budget bill in over 800 days. Yet the government has spent $7.3 trillion over that same period of time. Plus, Obama and the Democrats have added $3.2 trillion to the debt since the Democrats last passed a budget over 2 years ago. In the meantime, the House has voted on and passed two budget bills in the last 30 days. Boehner and the...

The Assembly got off to a contentious start today as it began debating the guv's budget repair bill and both sides continued to bicker over an attempt by Republicans to force a quick vote on the legislation. It was a much quieter day initially in the Senate, where Dems again failed to show up for debate. But tensions ramped up in a committee exec over legislation to require voters to show an ID at the polls. Sen. Mary Lazich refused to allow Sen. Jon Erpenbach to vote via phone in committee accusing him of unethical behavior.