After Democrats took control of the House with many candidates stressing the importance of passing a budget, party leadership has punted the idea of passing a budget due to internal divides over spending priorities and taxes.
It had become increasingly clear that House Democrats would be unable to agree on a budget blueprint that could pass a floor vote, with more liberal lawmakers demanding cuts to defense spending, an embrace of expensive liberal policies, and tax increases to pay for them. Leadership officially abandoned any prospect of getting a deal done on Monday, according to Bloomberg.
The failure is a blow to Democratic lawmakers in swing districts who bashed Republicans for failing to get a budget passed in recent years. Many of the freshman lawmakers, such as Rep. Cindy Axne (D., Iowa), cosponsored a bill that would raise the stakes for failing to come together on a budget.
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5 comments:
There too busy trying to find anything illegal on Trump to do their job, they all are consumed by hatred for this man, sad, sad, sad
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Pelosi and the Democrats will never have a budget until they raise taxes through the roof
They are incapable of everything except blaming others.
??? This reads like a soap opera. Pres budget and congressional justification just came out within the last week. Since when is the House expected to turn around with their budget mark in less than a week?
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