On the recordJune 29, 2010
When I'm home in the Fifth District of North Carolina, folks tell me they're concerned about the debt, the deficit, and job loss. What's the reaction of those in charge of Congress? Well, they canceled the adoption of the budget. House Democrats have failed in their responsibility to lead by not proposing or passing a 2011 budget resolution. The House has never failed to pass an annual budget resolution since the current budget rules were put in place in 1974. In 2006, then House Whip, Steny Hoyer, now House majority leader, said the most basic responsibility of governing is enacting a budget. Where's that responsibility now? They plan a deeming resolution later in the week. That is not a substitute for a budget. Democrat jobs bills have failed to create jobs. Democrats continue to spend at a near record pace. Through the first 8 months of the current fiscal year, the Federal Government amassed $935 billion in deficit spending on track to an annual deficit approaching last year's record $1.4 trillion.
