"Two top Democrats in Congress say the legislature doesn't really need to pass a budget,"
reports Investor's Business Daily.
"The fact is, you don't need a budget," [House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer] said last Tuesday. We can adopt authorization policies without a budget."
On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said: "We do not need to bring a budget to the floor this year. It's done, we don't need to do it."
Au contraire, says IBD.
Actually, "the fact is," Congress is required under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1973 to pass a spending plan and then have it scored by the Congressional Budget Office and signed by the president. That none of this happens suggests a level of disrespect for the law and the people found only among criminals.
Note: The Democratic-controlled Senate hasn't passed a budget in nearly 3 years.
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