GOP-run House easily rejects Obama budget

GOP-run House easily rejects Obama budget

Andrew Taylor
Associated Press
March 28, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-run House has overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama's $3.6 trillion budget for next year after a vote forced by GOP lawmakers to embarrass Democrats.

Republicans have opposed Obama's budget all year, criticizing its tax increases on the wealthy and saying it lacks sufficient spending cuts.

Democrats have defended Obama's budget priorities but they largely voted "no" Wednesday night.

Republicans said Democrats were afraid to vote for Obama's proposed tax increases and extra spending for energy and welfare. Democrats said Republicans had forced a vote on a version of Obama's budget that contained only its numbers, not the policies he would use to achieve them.

The vote was 414-0.

The vote came as the House debated a GOP budget that contains far more deficit reduction than Obama has proposed.

The vote was 414-0.

...and in a related story the Left leaning Senate has rejected the GOP budget.

Great. It's a push and we're back to where we started...at square 1

TheNextPrez2012 wrote:...and in a related story the Left leaning Senate has rejected the GOP budget.

Great. It's a push and we're back to where we started...at square 1

Really? How come I can't find a stitch of that in any news format of any kind? Clarify.

Reid says he won't bring budget to floor this year

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he would not bring a budget to the floor for a vote this year, the Hill reports, which would make this the third straight year without such a resolution.

http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/reid-says-he-wont-bring-budget-floor-year/358036

Yeah, 3 straight years. He's NOT going to allow this to even go thru. Yet the leftists bitch about the GOP budget. Where's the Democrats' budget in the Senate???????????