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!
Don't hold your breath, my friend.
Good Lord!!
IF that kind of headline ever appeared?
It'd make their "accountant's" headfirst dive out the 4th floor window pale compared to the hundreds of windows that'll open (enmasse) depositing their sycophant staff left & right onto the ground, below. (~mostly, left, though. {g} )
...NYSlime's stock-&-trade lays solely with an uncanny ability to consistently tell, "The Big Lie."
I'm hoping that should the 'pubs win back the Senate, Nickles becomes leader. Lott is such a dunce.
Sounds like words of wisdom. Thanks PhiKapMom.
Conservative Republicans have a tough job on their hands, holding back the northern Colorado liberals and getting Senator Allard elected once again. But I think in the end, Allard will be victorious. President Bush needs to have a Republican Congress to get his agenda back on track.
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