The 2011 $1.12 trillion Budget Passed
I bet you didn't know that or hear it in the news. I bet you are wondering "what budget ? I never heard of a budget bill on the table. " I bet you are saying to yourself "I don't recall a budget coming out of committee ;or being debated on the House floor. I bet you are wondering when did all this happen . :confused:
It was a pretty cool sleigh of hands ,in fact in the history of the budget process it had never happened before.
On the eve of the Independence Day weekend celebration ...you know ;that day we celebrate our break from unrepresentative governance .... the House Dems added the whole 2011 budget onto a procedural vote for a war funding resolution. But that isn't the worse of it. The rider they added said that the House "deemed the budget passed"..the so called "Self-Executing Rule" . Cool eh ? They pass the budget without going on record as voting for it to avoid a direct, recorded vote on a budget.The Dems are now the Deems.
Democrats passed the measure 215-210. No Republican voted for it and 38 Democrats crossed party lines to vote no .
They of course are taking a page from the President's playbook . He deemed the economy recovered ,jobs created ,the border secure ,and the hole plugged .
Rep. Paul Ryan issued a statement about this action by the Dems.
What House Democratic leaders call a “budget enforcement resolution” is in fact just another “deeming” scheme – one that concedes they cannot meet their most fundamental governing responsibility: writing a congressional budget.
This is far more than a failure of procedure or politics. It is an abdication of a fundamental responsibility by a Majority that is losing both its will, and its ability, to govern - and it is threatening America's prosperity in the process.
http://www.house.gov/budget_republic...getjun2010.pdf
What's next ? Will the Dems "deem "themselves winners in the 2010 elections?
Look ,I already know that "deem and pass " has been used in the past on a number of occasions . But it has never been used before to bypass the passing of a budget. It would be an interesting case to challenge the constitutionality of the whole procedure.At very least , I think Rep Ryan is 100% correct when he calls it an abdication of responsibility .