Posted on 07/02/2010 6:15:43 AM PDT by opentalk
Last night, as part of a procedural vote on the emergency war supplemental bill, House Democrats attached a document that “deemed as passed” a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. The execution of the “deeming” document allows Democrats to start spending money for Fiscal Year 2011 without the pesky constraints of a budget.
The procedural vote passed 215-210 with no Republicans voting in favor and 38 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote against deeming the faux budget resolution passed.
Never before -- since the creation of the Congressional budget process -- has the House failed to pass a budget, failed to propose a budget then deemed the non-existent budget as passed as a means to avoid a direct, recorded vote on a budget, but still allow Congress to spend taxpayer money.
House Budget Committee Ranking Member Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) warned this was the green light for Democrats to continue their out-of-control spending virtually unchecked.
“Facing a record deficit and a tidal wave of debt, House Democrats decided it was politically inconvenient to put forward a budget and account for their fiscal recklessness. With no priorities and no restraints, the spending, taxing, and borrowing will continue unchecked for the coming fiscal year,” Ryan said. “The so-called ‘budget enforcement resolution’ enforces no budget, but instead provides a green light for the Appropriators to continue spending, exacerbating our looming fiscal crisis.”
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It seems a constitutional challenge could be offered.
It seems a constitutional challenge could be offered.
I DEEM our TAXES paid....
I can vouch for Wamp - he’s busy running around Tennessee trying to be elected Governor. I’m not going to vote for him.
I DEEM that it’s time to feed the pigs...
>Why can’t the Republicans stop this?
Because they hope that by extolling the virtues of, and handing out, KY-Jelly they will be let in on the circle-jerk-fest...
but right now they’re not participating so they can claim that their “hands are clean”.
“... they ARE outlaws ...”
Absolutely. If not for that, they would impeach each other.
Here we have Conyers quoting the “Good and Plenty” clause in the Constitution. We have Kagan, who as a Law Dean, ending Constitutional studies in Harvard — she’s the shining example of a Supreme Court Justice?
Yeah, they are really taking their oaths of office seriously.
/Scornful sarcasm.
I suppose republcians could start impeachment inquiries of all the reps who voted yes, but what’s the point?
The existence or lack thereof of a "budget" is irrelevant, and a "deemed" budget resolution has no legal force any more than the resolution itself does.
The only thing that enables the expenditure of funds is the passage by both houses, signed into law by the president, a bill appropriating funds to be expended. Simultaneously each house must also pass an authorizing bill authorizing the departments to expend funds that are appropriated. Again each of these has to be signed into law by the president. It is a dizzyingly complex process, and this kabuki dance is gone through each year while the taxpayers are fleeced ever and every more by the inability of anyone to actually understand all of this. But it is a well scripted kabuki dance.
That they cannot even pass a budget resolution shows the level of incompetence to which they have sunk, but it is of no legal significance.
there you go...
I deem us doomed.
Not a good idea to dump ALL incumbents. Really don't want to lose Michelle Bachmann, just to name one. Democrat incumbents maybe, but don't, as they say, throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Bastard demoRATs! They all need to be marched out of their Washington DC offices (including the commie pig 0b0z0 usurper-in-crap) and straight to the gallows for high crimes & treason against the U.S......before it’s too late!
Last night, as part of a procedural vote on the emergency war supplemental bill, House Democrats attached a document that “deemed as passed” a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. The execution of the “deeming” document allows Democrats to start spending money for Fiscal Year 2011 without the pesky constraints of a budget.
The procedural vote passed 215-210 with no Republicans voting in favor and 38 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote against deeming the faux budget resolution passed.
Never before — since the creation of the Congressional budget process — has the House failed to pass a budget, failed to propose a budget then deemed the non-existent budget as passed as a means to avoid a direct, recorded vote on a budget, but still allow Congress to spend taxpayer money.
House Budget Committee Ranking Member Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) warned this was the green light for Democrats to continue their out-of-control spending virtually unchecked.
“Facing a record deficit and a tidal wave of debt, House Democrats decided it was politically inconvenient to put forward a budget and account for their fiscal recklessness. With no priorities and no restraints, the spending, taxing, and borrowing will continue unchecked for the coming fiscal year,” Ryan said. “The so-called ‘budget enforcement
Of course this was done just prior to long hoiday weekend. So they “DEEMED” the BUDGET?????!!!!!!!
PING!
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