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800 Days And $3.1 Trillion More In Debt, Sherrod Brown Still Hasn?t Passed A Budget
Posted by Christopher Maloney on July 08, 2011
Columbus ? As a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2006, Obama?s left-hand man, Sherrod Brown, expressed his support for a balanced budget and attacked Republicans for their fiscal record in Washington. Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine released the following statement on this, the 800th day since the Democrat-led U.S. Senate has passed a budget:
?The economic recession has forced Ohio households and small businesses to put together a budget and live within their means, yet Obama?s left hand man, Sherrod Brown, apparently doesn?t believe the federal government should be held to the same rules in Washington,? Chairman Kevin DeWine stated.
?Failing to pass a federal budget for 800 days proves that Sherrod Brown is shirking his most basic responsibility as a public servant. It?s an insult to Ohio taxpayers that Sherrod Brown has willfully used our money to fund his spending addiction without keeping our nation?s fiscal house in order."
Background Information:
As Democrats continue to spend, Americans are still waiting for their budget:
Former DNC Chair Claims It?s ?A Serious Problem?. ?Kaine responded to Welch?s gripe about the lack of a budget. ?This is a very serious problem with Washington and the legislative area not doing what it needs to do. I was a governor of Virginia, we passed budgets.?? (Michael O?Brien, ?Kaine: It's a 'major problem' that Senate Dems haven't passed a 2012 budget,? The Hill, 6/13/11)
Commentators Called It A ?Dereliction of Duty?. ?Although there?s general agreement that the most pressing issue facing the federal government is its runaway finances, the Democrat-controlled Senate hasn?t passed a budget in 762 days, a new standard for dereliction of duty? (Dana Milbank, Op-Ed, ?Congress clocks in to clock out,? Washington Post, 5/31/11)
Democrats Are ?Ducking Their Responsibility?. ?Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it would be ?foolish? for Democrats to propose their own federal budget for 2012, despite continued attacks from Republicans that the party is ducking its responsibility to put forward a solution to the nation's deficit problems.? (Lisa Mascaro, ?Harry Reid: ?Foolish? for Democrats to offer budget plan,? 5/20/11)
Democrats Don?t View The Lack Of A Budget As a Problem. ?Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) downplayed the lack of a Democratic budget proposal Monday, saying there?s simply no room to deal with an alternative until the Senate has voted on the House GOP?s controversial proposal.? (Sam Baker, ?Schumer: Alternatives to Ryan budget 'not the point',? The Hill, 5/23/11)
Since the Democrat-controlled Senate last passed a budget, the federal debt has risen by an additional $3.1 trillion:
?On April 27, 2009, The National Debt Was $11.2 Trillion. (Treasury Direct Website,
www.treasurydirect.gov, Accessed 7/8/11)
?Today, The National Debt Is Over $14.3 Trillion. (Treasury Direct Website,
www.treasurydirect.gov, Accessed 7/8/11)
As A Candidate For the Senate In 2006, Sherrod Brown Expressed Support For A Federal Balanced Budget:
BROWN: ?I Stood Up To A President Of My Own Party?In Support Of The Balance Budget Amendment, In Restoring Fiscal Sanity To Our Government. I agree with Senator Voinovich that Mike DeWine and others have betrayed conservative principles of limited government. I want to go to the Senate and work with Senator Voinovich on sound tax policy that benefits the middle class, without burying our grandchildren in debt.? (Ohio Senate Debate, City Club Of Cleveland,
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/OhioSenateDebate, 10/27/06)
Video of Brown?s Statement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrZUjnugRos
However Brown Has Repeatedly Voted To Max Out Our National Credit Card Time And Again:
In the Senate Brown Voted to Raise the Nation?s Debt Ceiling 5 Times. (PL 110-289 ? 7/30/08; PL 110-343 ? 10/3/08; PL 111-5 ? 2/17/09; PL 111-123 ? 12/28/09; PL 111-139 ? 2/12/10)
Brown?s 5 Debt Ceiling Increase Votes Raised the Nation?s Debt from $10.6 Trillion to $14.3 Trillion ? an Increase of $3.7 Trillion. (PL 110-289 ? 7/30/08; PL 110-343 ? 10/3/08; PL 111-5 ? 2/17/09; PL 111-123 ? 12/28/09; PL 111-139 ? 2/12/10)
