Obama budget defeated 99-0 in Senate

Obama budget defeated 99-0 in Senate

Stephen Dinan
Washington Times
May 16, 2012

President Obama's budget suffered a second embarrassing defeat Wednesday, when senators voted 99-0 to reject it.

Coupled with the House's rejection in March, 414-0, that means Mr. Obama's budget has failed to win a single vote in support this year.

Republicans forced the vote by offering the president's plan on the Senate floor.

Democrats disputed that it was actually the president's plan, arguing that the slim amendment didn't actually match Mr. Obama's budget document, which ran thousands of pages. But Republicans said they used all of the president's numbers in the proposal, so it faithfully represented his plan.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, even challenged Democrats to point out any errors in the numbers and he would correct them — a challenge no Democrats took up.

"A stunning development for the president of the United States in his fourth year in office," Mr. Sessions said of the unanimous opposition.

The White House has held its proposal out as a "balanced approach" to beginning to rein in deficits. It calls for tax increases to begin to offset higher spending, and would begin to level off debt as a percentage of the economy by 2022. It would produce $6.4 trillion in new deficits over that time.

By contrast the chief Republican alternative from the House GOP would notch just $3.1 trillion in deficits, and three Senate Republican alternatives would all come in below $2 trillion.

The Senate is holding votes Wednesday on Mr. Obama's budget, the House GOP's budget and the three Senate Republican alternatives. None was expected to gain the 50 votes needed to pass the chamber.

"I will cut the budget deficit in half!" So said candidate Obama. Now he is on record as more than doubling it for 3 straight years! The man is a pathalogical liar and a straight-up Marxist!

Who the fuck in their right mind would believe a single word this asshole utters???

The man DESPISES free market capitalism.

dblboggie wrote:"I will cut the budget deficit in half!" So said candidate Obama. Now he is on record as more than doubling it for 3 straight years! The man is a pathalogical liar and a straight-up Marxist!

Who the fuck in their right mind would believe a single word this asshole utters???

The man DESPISES free market capitalism.

You are soo right. Better question is how the fuck can you vote for this man not once, but twice?

Mark85la wrote:

dblboggie wrote:"I will cut the budget deficit in half!" So said candidate Obama. Now he is on record as more than doubling it for 3 straight years! The man is a pathalogical liar and a straight-up Marxist!

Who the fuck in their right mind would believe a single word this asshole utters??

The man DESPISES free market capitalism.

You are soo right. Better question is how the fuck can you vote for this man not once, but twice

A government school education... that is the answer to your question.

They no longer teach, now they indoctrinate.

dblboggie wrote:"I will cut the budget deficit in half!" So said candidate Obama. Now he is on record as more than doubling it for 3 straight years! The man is a pathalogical liar

Yeah
He made a promise and didn't (or couldn't) keep it. The same goes for all politicians for all sides in all countries. This doesn't phase me at all.
Nobody knows what the future will bring. He said stuff that people wanted to hear just so he can get elected. Mittens is doing the same thing.