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THE DEMOCRAT SENATE HAS NO BUDGET FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER 25 YEARS
Various Congressional and Media Sources | 28 August 2002 | Freepers

Posted on 08/28/2002 7:05:17 AM PDT by PhiKapMom

THE DEMOCRAT SENATE HAS NO BUDGET FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER 25 YEARS

No Spending Budget Means No Spending Restraint Which Stifles Economic Growth And Job Creation

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Democrats Can't Get It Done, But In 2001 Republicans Passed A Bipartisan Budget With The Same Senate!

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The New York Times On Daschle's Budget Performance:
"Mr. Daschle's performance in the spotlight has been shaky. He failed to round up the votes to pass a bill providing prescription drugs for the elderly. He could not win passage of an overall budget resolution to set spending levels for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The worst part, for him, was that these defeats came as much at the hands of Democrats as Republicans."
(Editorial, "Congress's Mixed Handiwork," The New York Times, August 3, 2002)

Chairman Greenspan On The Importance Of Budget Discipline:
"The Administration and the Congress can make a valuable contribution to the prospects for the growth of the economy by taking measures to restore this discipline and return the federal budget over time to a posture that is supportive of long-term economic growth."
(Alan Greenspan, Senate Banking, Housing And Urban Affairs Committee, July 16, 2002)

DASCHLE AND HIS DEMOCRATS TALK A GOOD BUDGET GAME

Senator Daschle Promised A Budget Earlier This Year. "Well, we're going to have a budget plan that constrains spending. That will happen . . . . We've also had a lot of other work we've had to do. But we are going to get to it. That is going to be something that will happen."
(NBC's "Meet The Press," May 26, 2002)

In 2002, Senator Edwards Preaches Fiscal Responsibility.
'"Washington can't ask businesses to do more unless we live up to our responsibilities as well,' the North Carolina senator said. 'We can't just complain about Enron's books. We have a duty to put our own books in order.'"
(Will Lester, "Sen. Edwards: GOP Irresponsible," The Washington Post, July 30, 2002)

In 1998, Current Majority Leader Daschle Called Upon The Senate To Follow The Law And Pass A Budget.
"I call upon the Republican leadership in the House and in the Senate to do what the law requires, to do what is so essential to restore confidence, to do what really is required to set the framework for the priorities and the commitments that we must make in these next six weeks."
(Senator Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, August 31, 1998)

In 1998, Current Senate Budget Chairman Conrad Said Passing A Budget Was A Congressional "Responsibility."
"We have no budget resolution passed by this Congress. For the first time in 24 years, there has been a failure to pass a budget resolution. That budget resolution was due by April 15. The President plays no role in a budget resolution; that is the responsibility of this Congress. . . . It is purely the responsibility of this Senate and the House of Representatives, and these bodies have failed in their responsibility, and they have failed for the first time in 24 years."
(Senator Kent Conrad, Congressional Record, October 12, 1998)

BUT DASCHLE AND HIS DEMOCRATS JUST CAN'T GET A BUDGET PASSED

As Of August 26th, The Democrat Senate Still Had Not Approved A Budget, In Violation of The Budget Enforcement Act Of 1974.
(S. Res. 100, Approved By Budget Committee, April 11, 2002)

Daschle Blames Lack Of Budget On A Razor-Thin Majority. "[O]bviously we're in a divided Senate and a very, very close membership count. And this has not been easy."
(NBC's "Meet The Press," May 26, 2002)

Republicans Passed A Bipartisan Budget When The Senate Was 50-50. The budget resolution established congressional spending for fiscal year 2002, revised the FY2001 budget, and set spending levels for fiscal years 2003 through 2011. Fifteen Democrats joined with Republicans to pass the resolution by a vote of 65-35. At the time, the Senate was divided 50-50 (with Vice President Cheney giving the Republicans a majority).
(H.Con.Res. 83, Roll Call #86: Passed 65-35: R 50-0; D 15-35, April 6, 2001)

SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO ROUTINELY BUDGET THEIR FINANCES

Senate Democrats Fail To Understand What The Rest Of America Already Knows About Basic Money Management . . . The Most Important Step Toward Fiscal Responsibility Is Preparing A Budget.

Small Businesses Develop Budgets So They Can Meet A Payroll

Families Set Monthly Budgets For Living Expenses

Senior Citizens Establish Retirement Budgets To Preserve Their Savings

Even Children Create Budgets For Managing Their Allowance

Democrats In The Senate Refuse To Follow The Lead Of The American People And Their Own Advice In 1998. Instead, They Choose To Practice The Politics Of Economic Destruction Over Fundamental Fiscal Responsibility.

HEY DEMOCRATS. PASS A BUDGET AND PASS IT NOW!


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: daschle; democrats; edwards; lackofdodfunds; nobudget; obstructionists; partyoverdefense
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VOTE REPUBLICAN IN NOV 2002
Take Back the Senate
Keep the House
TOSS OUT THE DASCHLE/CLINTON DEMOCRATS!


1 posted on 08/28/2002 7:05:17 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: ffrancone; Brandonmark; Alex P. Keaton; MeeknMing; Dog Gone; Dog; Ole Okie; OKSooner; VOA; ...
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM YOU WANT THE BUDGET PASSED UPON THEIR RETURN TO WASHINGTON AFTER LABOR DAY!

Contact information for all Senators is at

Senator Contact Information

The United States DemocRAT led Senate Senate is currently putting party over the United States, its military, and all of us citizens. Don't let daschle/clinton/edwards get by with this! Let your Senators know that you will not tolerate this inaction on the budget by the DemocRATS! One way you can do that is at the ballot box in November -- vote out the RATS!

Please volunteer in your local communities for Senator and House Republican candidates -- we need all your help and your votes in November!!!!!!! Don't let the daschle/clinton/edwards trio run the Senate again in 2003!

While you are at it, remind your Senators to vote for Sen Don Nickles (Conservative Republican from OK) for Majority Leader -- we need a leader who will stand up to the likes of daschle/clinton/edwards and Senator Nickles is that man!

2 posted on 08/28/2002 7:17:36 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: PhiKapMom
Never fear; by the time all is said and done, the NYT (and all the rest, for that matter) will assure us this was all the REPUBLICANS fault.
3 posted on 08/28/2002 7:19:31 AM PDT by daler
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To: PhiKapMom
Great stuff. I just really wish that you worked for Associated Press or Reuters.
4 posted on 08/28/2002 7:20:57 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: PhiKapMom
LOL... budgetless tommie, the king of the hill when he has his box to stand on.
5 posted on 08/28/2002 7:21:13 AM PDT by deport
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To: PhiKapMom
GET A BUDGET IN 2003
VOTE REPUBLICAN!

6 posted on 08/28/2002 7:22:56 AM PDT by Coop
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To: PhiKapMom
BTTT



7 posted on 08/28/2002 7:23:04 AM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: PhiKapMom
NO BUDGET

Does that mean tax cuts are imminent?

8 posted on 08/28/2002 7:26:12 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
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To: Sabertooth
Thanks for the bump and putting your Saber on this thread -- like to think he is roaring at the daschle/clinton/edwards Senate Dems!
9 posted on 08/28/2002 7:27:16 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: Coop
That's so true! The daschle/clinton/edwards led Senate is the worst I have ever seen and I thought I had seen some bad ones in the past!
10 posted on 08/28/2002 7:28:33 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: PhiKapMom
The United States DemocRAT led Senate Senate is currently putting party over the United States, its military, and all of us citizens.

We are talking about democRATs. Is anyone here surprised by this?...

anyone?...

anyone?...

...

11 posted on 08/28/2002 7:29:07 AM PDT by The_Victor
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To: PhiKapMom; ffrancone
Take Back the Senate Bump

(Y'all are doing a wonderful job!)
12 posted on 08/28/2002 7:29:51 AM PDT by LurkerNoMore!
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To: The_Victor
Daschle is such a Loser!

TOMMY IS USED TO SOMEBODY CARRYING HIM

13 posted on 08/28/2002 7:32:18 AM PDT by stlrocket
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To: PhiKapMom
BTTT! Thanks, PhiKapMom!
14 posted on 08/28/2002 7:46:54 AM PDT by justshe
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To: PhiKapMom
Keep leading the charge -- I made my ADDITIONAL contribution to Senator Frist's senate group yesterday!

We MUST take back the senate in November!!
15 posted on 08/28/2002 7:51:15 AM PDT by DrDeb
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To: PhiKapMom
Father O'Malley rose from his bed.

It was a fine spring day in his new Washington DC parish.

He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of the beautiful day outside.

He then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn.

He promptly called the US Senate for assistance.

The conversation went like this:

"Good morning. This is Senator Daschle. How might I help you?"

"And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father O'Malley at St.Brigid's. There's a jackass lying dead in me front lawn. Would ye be so kind as to send a couple o' yer lads to take care of the matter?"

Senator Daschle, considering himself to be quite a wit, replied with a smirk, "Well now father, it was always my impression that you people took care of the last rites!"

There was dead silence on the line for a long moment.

Father O'Malley then replied: "Aye, that's certainly true, but we are also obliged to notify the next of kin.
16 posted on 08/28/2002 7:51:17 AM PDT by tang-soo
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To: The_Victor
We are talking about democRATs. Is anyone here surprised by this?... anyone?... anyone?...

Sad but so TRUE!!!!!!

17 posted on 08/28/2002 7:51:22 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: wallcrawlr
Would sure like for tax cuts to be imminent but we have one big problem -- daschle/clinton/edwards controlled Senate!

New thread up concerning tax cuts -- Republicans want to make them permanent -- RATS want to roll them back!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/740636/posts?page=2
18 posted on 08/28/2002 8:00:36 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: PhiKapMom; KLT; scholar; sultan88; Mudboy Slim; ForGod'sSake
"In 1998, Current Majority Leader Daschle Called Upon The Senate To Follow The Law And Pass A Budget."

Oh this is so rich...
Wasn't this CREEP from SD around when Clintigula refused to sign the budget back in '95??
Didn't *that* Liberal-Socialist conspiracy produce buckets of propagandistic fodder for the Liberal-Socialist Lamestream quislings to use to pummel the right into utter submission???
~ala, Poor, simpering, whining layed-off Yellow Stone Park vendors & Fed Employess marched before us ad nauseum all claiming they couldn't afford Thanksgiving Day TURKEYS for their families; solely, because of REPUBLICANS!??!

Senator Da-hole?
If it were up to me?
I'd tell ya to "eat cake!", buster; make no mistake about that.
Consider it then as lucky as you're gonna get that I'm not in such a position of authority.

"'I call upon the Republican leadership in the House and in the Senate to do what the law requires, to do what is so essential to restore confidence, to do what really is required to set the framework for the priorities and the commitments that we must make in these next six weeks.' (Senator Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, August 31, 1998)"

Da-Hole's words; NOT our's.
~snip~

"The New York Times On Daschle's Budget Performance:
'Mr. Daschle's performance in the spotlight has been shaky. He failed to round up the votes to pass a bill providing prescription drugs for the elderly. He could not win passage of an overall budget resolution to set spending levels for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The worst part, for him, was that these defeats came as much at the hands of Democrats as Republicans."

(Editorial, 'Congress's Mixed Handiwork,' The New York Times, August 3, 2002)

Their (Liberal-Socialist's) A#1 *mouthpiece* speaking, NOT our's.

So what's all that bilge you're bleating about now, Bozo Da-Hole?
What you really mean to say, is that the Right should -- at YOUR beckon call, of course -- cross-over & GIVE YOU LIBERAL-SOCIALISTS WHAT YOU WANT, eh?

This is simply too rich to pass-up, folks.
Remember; the Liberal-Socialist Lamestream sycophant-quisling media ghouls will *now* turn right around & simply report NOTHING -- that's nada, nyet -- of Da-Hole's blunders.

~Just watch-'n-see.

...so *stock-up* now on your "Fightin' Points" as ya see 'em right here.

19 posted on 08/28/2002 8:09:06 AM PDT by Landru
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To: PhiKapMom
Posts like yours are why we at Free Republic are so well informed.
20 posted on 08/28/2002 8:13:16 AM PDT by windchime
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