Political Quotes

“the Budget Control Act is not a budget, it is just a containment of spending. A clever attempt was made to make it look like a budget, but it is not a budget. If it was a budget, why did the President submit a budget this year? Why did the House pass a budget? Why were four budgets produced in the House by Democratic House Members? In today's Politico, an article quotes Senator Lieberman, who just spoke and who caucuses with the Democrats. I don't think [Democrats] will offer their own budget and I'm disappointed in that. Senator Manchin of West Virginia, a Democrat, said he would have been ``impeached'' if he had failed to produce a budget as West Virginia's Governor, though he conceded there are differences with the State budget process. Sure I have a problem with [failing to offer a budget]. As a former governor, my responsibility was to put a budget forward and balance it, so anyone who comes from the executive mindset has a problem with that. I don't care if you're Democrat or Republican. ``A problem with that'' means a problem with not having a budget. Senator Mark Pryor, a Democrat from Arkansas: The budget process is just not working around here. We've had three years with President Obama where we're not able to get a budget resolution passed. That 3 years includes this one. So we don't have a budget, we have a spending cap.…”