On the recordJuly 14, 2011
We appreciate our colleagues who worked on this bill, but there are more appropriations that should be done this year. How can they be continued without a budget? You say we spent within the President's numbers or the House numbers, but those have not been approved in the Senate. We have no votes in the Senate. It is not a binding number. The truth is, what we need to do is what the House did, I believe. I ask Senator Barrasso, isn't it true that the Republican House, with a new leadership, came in, they faced up to the 10-year budget window we have, they laid out a plan for 10 years, and it cut spending by $6 trillion? It actually simplified our Tax Code substantially and reduced certain taxes, focusing on tax reductions that create growth so we could have more income generated. And, whether you agree with it or not, by April 15 they did all this, which is what this code says. Doesn't the Senator think they have done their duty? What would he say about the failure of the Senate to even attempt to present a budget?
