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The Democrats: Deeming A Budget...

Remember back when the Dems didn?t have enough votes to pass health care they trotted out ?a so-called ?deem and pass? strategy that would allow House members to approve the Senate version of health care bill without an actual vote before taking up a second ?fix-it? resolution, known as reconciliation??

Now they?re at it again, in effect redeeming deeming by their current plan to propose the following budget resolution for this year:

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You will have noticed that something is missing. In fact, if you?re paying attention you will have noticed that everything is missing. According to Business Week,

Democrats will likely skip the annual task of writing a budget for the U.S. government this year amid lawmakers? unwillingness to endorse a plan sure to include huge deficits.

With the midterm elections looming and primary results showing voters in a sour mood, Congress will probably forgo laying out tax-and-spending plan for the fifth time in the last 12 years.

It?s not that Democrats are afraid to vote for deficits; it?s that they?re afraid for people to know that that they?ve voted for deficits.

?It isn?t the vote people fear, it?s the television ad? by a lawmaker?s election opponent on budget issues, said Steve Bell, former Republican staff director of the Senate Budget Committee. ?Given the discontent of the electorate,? Democrats ?know how powerful and damaging such ads can be,? he said.

The Democrats: profiles in courage (if only they weren?t afraid to show their face).

Full post as published by Discriminations on May 15, 2010 (boomark / email).