The Democrat-Controlled Senate Has Done It Again...

Time for a featured newsbite...

In a stunning backtrack that virtually guarantees Congress for the third year will [again fail] to produce a budget, Senate Democrats’ top budget writer Tuesday canceled this week’s expected votes on a 2013 fiscal blueprint.

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Mr. Conrad said he wasn’t able to get enough Democrats to back a fiscal 2013 budget...

“This is the wrong time to vote in the committee. This is the wrong time to vote on the floor,” Mr. Conrad told reporters...

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His move stunned Senate Republicans, who had been preparing amendments for Wednesday and Thursday.

“It’s hard to negotiate with somebody who won’t tell you where they are,” said Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Budget Committee, who said Mr. Conrad was breaking a promise he made to debate and vote on a budget.

Congress is about to go its third year without passing a budget. During that time debt has ballooned and the government is poised to run its fourth year of trillion-dollar deficits.

* FOLK... RECALL... BACK IN 2009 AND 2010 DEMOCRATS CONTROLLED BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE.

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Senate Democrats say a budget isn’t needed...

* FOLKS. (*SIGH*) YA CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP!

House Republicans last month pushed their budget plan through their chamber on a 228-191 vote.

Without a companion bill from the Senate, however, there is no chance to negotiate a final agreement.

[O]n Tuesday, House Republicans passed a resolution that orders the chamber’s annual spending bills be written to comply with the House budget.

[Meanwhile, the Democrat-controlled] Senate is working off of a higher top-line spending number...

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