It’s official: the Democrats running the House of Representatives have abandoned what they once called “the most basic responsibility of governing – enacting a budget.” And Congressman Boehner is calling for quick action to make up for their failure by cutting spending and helping create new jobs.

Rather than cut spending to create new jobs, Democrats are punting on the budget process and eyeing middle class tax hikes in the meanwhile to fuel their reckless spending binge. Here are the stories:

>> THE HOUSE HAS PASSED A BUDGET EVERY YEAR SINCE 1974: “The House has okayed a budget resolution every year since Congress re-wrote the budget rules in 1974.” (House Majority Leader: No Budget This Year, Fox News, 6/22/10)

>> BUT NOT THIS YEAR: “Majority Leader Steny Hoyer made official Tuesday morning what most insiders have known for months: Congress won’t do a budget this year.” (Steny Hoyer: No budget this year, Politico, 6/22/10)

>> DEMOCRATS DON’T WANT TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES BEFORE AN ELECTION: “Budgets require tough choices. Budgets require (at least notionally) that the numbers all add up. Budgets require leadership. … [I]f they actually did a budget, they would have to explain that in no uncertain terms in a budget document, which is not something they wanted to do.” (We don’t need no stinking budget, The Hill, 6/22/10)

>> THEY JUST WANT MORE SPENDING: “If Democrats pass the $50 billion for the states plus their $100 billion ‘jobs bill’ now in front of the Senate, this would mark the third and fourth spending bills — the stimulus plan and the Obama health care bill being the first two — that will have been enacted almost exclusively with Democratic votes.” (Spending Binge, Part Deux, Wall Street Journal, 6/18/10)

>> AND HIGHER, JOBS-KILLING TAXES TO PAY FOR IT ALL: “House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday that tax increases will eventually be necessary to address the nation’s mounting debt, raising a difficult election-year issue as Democrats fight retain control of Congress. … Republicans argue that many of the high earners who would face tax increases under Obama’s plan are small business owners struggling to stay afloat in a tough economy.” (Hoyer: Permanent middle class tax cuts too costly, Associated Press, 6/22/10)

>> EVEN IF IT MEANS BREAKING THEIR PROMISES: “Tax cuts that benefit the middle class should not be ‘totally sacrosanct’ as policymakers try to plug the nation’s yawning budget gap, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Monday, acknowledging that it would be difficult to reduce long-term deficits without breaking President Obama’s pledge to protect families earning less than $250,000 a year.” (Rep. Steny Hoyer says middle-class tax breaks may not be affordable long-term, Washington Post, 6/22/10)

With families and small businesses struggling under the weight of a $13 trillion national debt and sky-high unemployment, a group of 100 economists and Congressman Boehner have called on Democrats to quickly cut spending to help create new jobs and get control of the debt.

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READ MORE:

• Obama Kicks Off “Recovery Summer” By Kicking Workers Off the Job (6/18/10)
• Boehner Presses White House to Ensure BP Pays for Gulf Cleanup, Cut Spending (6/10/10)
• Reckless Spending &  Massive Debt Are “A Massive Drag on Our Economy” (6/9/10)
• “Terrible” Jobs Report Highlights Need to Cut Spending, Repeal ObamaCare (6/3/10)
• Debt Hits $13,000,000,000,000, $42K for Every American (6/3/10)

Tags: budget, deficit, economy, families, middle class, spending

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