Carney: I Have ‘No Opinion’ About Whether or Not Senate Should Pass Budget
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When asked by ABC’s Jake Tapper if the senate should pass a budget, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney responded: “I don’t have — well, I don’t have an opinion to express on how the Senate does its business with regards to this issue.”
“The fact is, because of the negotiations over the debt ceiling, that resulted in the Budget Control Act, we have an unusual situation here in that the top lines for the budget going forward have already been set and agreed to by Republicans and Democrats alike,” he added.
Tapper then clarified that he was not in fact asking for Carney’s personal opinion, but rather the White House’s opinion. “The position the White House has?”
Below is the rest of the painful exchange:
Carney: Well, I don’t have –
Tapper: The White House has no opinion about whether or not the Senate should pass a budget? The president is going to produce one? The Fed says not having one is bad for growth but the White House has no opinion about whether –
Carney: I have no opinion, and the White House has no opinion on Chairman Bernanke’s assessment of how the Senate ought to do its business. What the president believes is important is that the Budget Control Act that was signed into law by him last year provides the top line spending caps for the coming budget and he will, obviously, need those when the budget is put forward and he looks forward to the Senate acting on the policy initiatives contained within his budget that will reflect the priorities he laid out in the State of the Union. And also will reflect the priorities he laid out when he put forward his deficit and debt reduction proposal back in September. So I don’t think there is any — there will be, nor is there now any doubt about the president’s view on where we ought to move with the budget.
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Comments (123)
TH30PH1LUS
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:08pmA puppet cannot have an opinion.
Report Post »marhee9
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:24pmLol, and he isn’t even a good puppet. This whole thing is amazing. We have a $15 T debt, but who in the heck needs a budget? This has all been like a really bad episode of the Simpson’s. Doh!
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GEYAbSoYxs
poverty.sucks
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:32pmWell said puppet, thats the same official position that The Church of Latter Day Saints has on whether or not the Mexican border security should be enforced at the border.
Report Post »NOTYERHUCKLEBERRY
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:54pmNor does a parrot. Carney is the most miserable excuse for a mouth piece I’ve ever seen.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:16pmIndeed, chief among them is Obama; he does what Soros tells him to do.
Report Post »db321
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:28pmI’m waiting – “it‘s Bush’s fault! A Budget would not be in the best interest of the Presidents agenda to BK America and fundamentally transform America into something we are not to like.
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:52pmIn other words this puppet got his budget! It’s called I can spend money on what ever I want as long as I don’t go over the limit set by congress! I do not have the constraints of a silly budget allocation process so if I want to divert money from SS to a union operation no one will know till it is too late! After all I have to spend it to know where it went right? “What’s Wrong With This Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:53pmHe could just say: In ObamaLand we do not need Budgets nor Congress nor a Constitution!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 8:03pmQ: How can you tell when 0bama is lying?
Report Post »A: Jay Carney’s lips are moving.
MCDAVE
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 8:24pmno one has done anything to correct this budget problem..Republicans and democrats alike…there all on a giant spending spree while we go broke..Vote them all out..
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 8:40pmWho gives a crap about a budget of the Corporation?
They are all liars. Telling you you have a voice and representation, when they are all just Executives and employees of the corporation.
Not my freakin’ debt.
I ain‘t payin’ a dime !!!!
Pound rocks !!!!!!
Confused? k. Goes like this.
the “United States” is a corporation, est. 1871, with headquarters in D.C.
Corp U.S. was broke in 1912.
It went to the Banksters (The Global Elite) for a loan.
They created a PRIVATE bank to be America’s Central bank.
In 1913, the federal reserve act was passed. Income tax began and you could no longer redeem currency for gold at the bank.
In 1933 the U.S. defaulted and declared bankruptcy.
The “Gov’t” pledged it’s BRANCHES, AGENCIES, LAND and PEOPLE as collateral on that loan, since all the Country’s gold could not pay the debt.
Birth certificates became law in all states in 1933 and Social Security in 1936.
These were security bonds for the receivers of the Bankruptcy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlCs7u1ihws
In 1944 the IMF became the receivers of the Quit claim deed.
In 1945 they formed the UN.
The UN has been running the Corp since.
Unfortunately, The UN’s IMF began Foreclosure on America in 1992 under Bushes E.O. #12804
The Infrastructure Privatization Act.
AMERICA has been for SALE Since 1992 !!!
That is the same year Agenda 21 was introduced.
The American People Have been lied to for over 80 years.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 8:46pm* correction
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LogiStyx
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 8:51pmYou meant “puppy” right?
Report Post »FreedomWI
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 9:17pmWhat a surprise, he has no opinions of his own.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 9:43pmWhat he meant to say is, who needs a budget when you own the worlds printing press!
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges10
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:19am“Carney: I Have ‘No Opinion’ About Whether or Not Senate Should Pass Budget”
car·ny – [kahr-nee] – noun – 1. a person employed by a carnival.
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smithclar3nc3
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:03amKey word in the phrase is SENATE the Democraticly controled Senate it hasn’t passed a budget since the Democrats took over 2006. The House the Democratic control House hadn’t passed a budge since 2006 but since 2010 when Republican took control of the house 4 proposed budget packages have been sent to the Still Democratic control Senate only to be rejected.
Report Post »It 2012 and the Senate hasn’t done it job for 6 years can we all just fire them.
TomFerrari
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:56pm“Present”
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:58pmI don’t think we really need a White House press secretary … Isn’t the main stream media doing the exact same job ?
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:09pmSad but true.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:19pmJust once I‘d like to see any journalist at these farcical press conferences of Carney’s confront the mealy mouthed sock puppet and ask him “when will you actually have an opinion on anything other than snippy partisan remarks against republicans Jay? “. “Do you think the debt we’re facing is important enough to have a budget for Jay and consequently an opinion on that?”. “When can we expect your answer Jay?”.
Report Post »rukdnme13
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:57pmWhy does ‘lil Jay need to have an opinion from the White House, those in Congress just pass continuing resolution on spending! Problem solved!! :-)
Report Post »Wilbur Longshank
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:00pmHey Carney DUH!
Report Post »knownothing76
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:53pmThe FED says they don’t need one. How about we END THE FED! Vote Ron Paul in 2012 so we can actually stick to a budget.
Report Post »rsanchez1
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:48pmEveryone in the Obama White House really is that bad. Carney should ask Obama if he can borrow his teleprompter.
Report Post »TeaPartyPatriot
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:44pmJay Carney: Who cares if the Senate passes a budget or not?
The OBOZO regime, with particular help from corrupt, crazy pelosi and dingy-harry reid, have made the US government into a sham of a joke of a travesty of a parody of a farce of a Constitutional democracy that respects the rule of law and acts in the best interests of its people.
Report Post »EchoHawk
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:03pmAided and abetted, encouraged and galvanized by republicans shills, who derived their enthusiasm and conviction from Tea party bourgeois patriots lacking the courage as well as foresight to do anything at all except yearn for a past that they cannot attain. It’s sad really. Time, for all intents and purposes is linear, especially as it applies to our time on this rock, lead, follow or stay on the porch.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:08pm@Echo
Report Post »That is an extremely concise , well thought out, cleary delivered freaking dribble! Well done!
andrewkboyle
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:41pmThe other 330 million Americans have an opinion…
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 8:35pmYEAH! Invest in hemp rope futures.
Report Post »LiveforFreedom
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:39pmThis is Un-Constitutional not to have a Budget that the House and Senate agree upon!! It is now well over 1000 days!! How many Constitutional admendments are we going to let this President URINATE on or just by-pass!!! Enough is Enough Speaker Boehner has to do his Constitutional Duties and IMPEACH Obama NOW!!!! And to follow the Presidents Philosophy if Jesus was here he wouldn’t like Obama at all!!!!
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:54pmCarney cannot give an opinion because he’d a party hack and can be held accountable by either his own party or the nation if he answered the question. So America’s most high profile deer in the headlights “has no opinion”. A coward‘s response but that’s a liberal for you. Very simply…the democrats are afraid to put forth a budget. They have been since 2009 when they started on their orgy of spending through Barack Obama. When the country put the economy and the debt as the most important issues (and the wars could no longer be demagogued) the democrats were faced with a dilemma because they must keep spending and spending big to buy the votes they need yet behind closed doors they acknowledge that the debt is substantial and poses a serious problem for the nation. Of course there are execptions like Harry Reid and his cowboy festivals and smiling Chuck Schumer who dont‘ believe there’s a problem..so spend away. So the senate democrats’ choice was do they just keep dodging a budget and demagogue the issue or actually man up and give us a budget. They’ve chosen the former. They’re cowards with an utter contempt for the American people.
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:33pmWith no budget there is no responsibility something the left loves.
Report Post »With no budget there is no spending limit.
I think the only way to get it through their heads would be to refuse to cash their paychecks and let them bounce as we are broke and out of credit.
GMAN455
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:38pmThe Mask is coming of the Messiah folks
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:56pmThe Obama white house of cards.
Report Post »greg4fitness
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:32pmHeck if the govt. doesn’t need to have a budget i guess it must not be important. I hope that doesn’t rub off on the younglings. Vote them all out.
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:30pmThere is another thing Carney said today that needs clarification. He said that Romney had the same bill mandating contraception pill for the Catholic Hospitals in Massachusetts.
FACTS ARE: The Boston Globe came out with this first in 2006, attacking Romney. Pilot Catholic News out of Boston rebuked them for constantly putting out false information about Romney. They then wrote an editorial defending Romney on this and other social issues. It was the state attorney general that told Romney, after a long battle that he would oppose Romney if he tried to kill the bill mandating contraception pills for Catholic Hospitals. Cardinal O’Malley was working with Romney through this whole process and praised him afterwards for all he could do. He said that Romney was the biggest friend to the Catholic Church of all governors in a decade and he was one of the only ones that wasn’t a Catholic. That is why the Mass Citizens for Life and the Vatican Envoy endorse Romney, for all he has done for the social issues. He has stood up against the liberals and done more for the social issues than any other candidate running, remember, there are two Catholics and the Vatican Envoy endorses Romney because of his stance on the social issues. ( http://www.pilotcatholicnews.com/article2.asp?ID=14183 )
ROMNEY IS A STRONG SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT.
Report Post »byehlik
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:43pmHe still let it happen. That was wrong, he should have vetoed the bill, shows a lack of leadership, and poor decisions. Conservatism is not a political party, it is a lifestyle based in core unwavering beliefs. If he has core conservative beliefs, his core is weak. Should have vetoed that legislation in Mass if he is a core principled conservative. Alas, he is not, he is a East Coast RINO!
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:08pmBYEHLIK,
He did veto the bill the legislature put in place, they overrode it. Then he attacked the portion that mandated the contraception to all hospitals. He gathered evangelical and catholic leaders to fight it, that is leadership. Romney has been pro-life throughout his life, the question comes when he said he wanted to keep government out of the decision making, much like the libertarian stance. It was in 2005 when he had a bill go across his desk that he had to make a decision, much like Reagan. Reagan actually passed it and then regretted it. Romney studied it with religious leaders and scientists and found out how much Roe v Wade ‘cheapened life.‘ That is why he vetoed the ’Plan B’ bill.
He was the biggest advocate against gay marriage as well, fighting it for three years even going so far as to sue the legislature as a private citizen with 10 other evangelical leaders, in order to force the legislature to vote on his constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
THAT IS STRONG CORE CONVICTIONS AND A SHOW OF LEADERSHIP… he is no RINO.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:18pmOUI….,NOW he is a strong social conservative. Back in the day when he wanted to be Governor of Massachusetts not so much…,NON?
I will vote for Romney in 2012 if my other choice is President Barry Dunham.That is the only reason I will vote for Romney.Comprende?
To add…,I never thought that I would miss Robert Gibbs. I did not. I thought it was IMPOSSIBLE to find someone more inept, more imcompetent than the redheaded man with ugly ties.
Report Post »Voila! President Dunham chose Jay Carney. He is a tragedy.
TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:00pmLUCY LARUE,
That is right, before he was faced with with a bill questioning the state‘s abortion stance he wasn’t as much, but that was on abortion. Romney has stayed tough and firmly against Gay Marriage in 1994, in 2002, and especially when the courts ruled that gays could marry he went on a three year battle to fight gay marriage, even going to DC to speak out against it in front of the Senate.
He has done more for the social issues than any other candidate we have, not just abortion, but traditional marriage also.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:37pmRomney has never “STAYED TUFF”. C‘mon a’ready.
Do you not understand that he goes the way of the wind? Do you not understand that he is too nice?
Sorry Tea…,I’ll hold my nose and vote for Romney if I must. My dream candidate to go against the vile President Dunham is someone who says the “F” word,drinks scotch, and smokes cigars.
Gingrich comes to mind.
Like I said…,I am voting for Mr. Abo(anybody but Obama).
I WANT Churchill.
Report Post »JesusFreak95
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:26pmMaybe the fact that it is mandated by law ought to be enough for them to produce a freaking budget. We have bloomin idiots running this country!
Report Post »Amma K
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:12pmNo budget – No problem!! The presidents can spend whatever he deems necessary (usually by executive order – that pesky House gets in his way).
Report Post »paleoman
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:23pmThe democratic party is abunch of socialist losers that only care about themselves. Anybody but 0bama in 2012. Are you prepared?
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:23pmFunny stuff. Carney might just as well have said, “I have no opinion on weather or not the constitution of this country should be considered by the majority dems in the senate.”
Report Post »paleoman
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:33pmConstitution, 0bama & the socialist democratic party don’t need no constitution. Open your eyes and look around. They are on the attack for now, better hold on.
Report Post »RagingJudge
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:22pmWatch the other hand…
Report Post »1791TR
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:20pmA bunch of words that means nothing.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:28pmIt has to be hard as a reporter (if you have any integrity) to sit and listen to the drivel that comes out of this guy’s mouth every day.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:43pmWhat else to you expect from the most transparent, hopey, changey administration ever to grace us with it’s existence?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 8:56pmGONZO, I thought that at least 90% of our journalists had an integrityectomy prior to their first job in the field.
Report Post »Marengo Ohio Patriot
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:19pmwhy does the bamster need to be concerned with a budger for.. if he needs a couple trillion, the fed is only a phone call away….CHARGE IT!
Report Post »Marengo Ohio Patriot
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:25pmBUDGET not budger.(before you spell checkers jump all over my arse!)
Report Post »elosogrande
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:19pmWhat’s the big surprise? Carney, and the rest of The White House, are not smart enough to have an opinion..that matters. Collectively, they are not smart enough to be in The White House.
Sadly, the electorate wasn’t smart enough to keep them out of Washington, and THAT is the real problem!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:15pmIsn’t the Senate REQUIRED to come up with a budget? And Obumbler has zero opinion on the matter? Oh, that’s right. He’s too busy mixing church and state by demanding that faith-based organizations comply with his decree despite their moral and theological objections…..
Report Post »texanpatriot
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:14pmI don’t believe in budgets – I don’t want to be accountable for anything; The most important thing is for me to be reelected so the more I can lie about and excuse away the better. OK! I know we run a trillion dollar debt each year and that 15,100,000 Americans are out of work, but remember that American needs me. We must stop this capitalism and Freedom of Religion (among other things).
B. H. Obama
Are we awake now? Will we vote as a block in 2012?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:11pmThe POTUS has not told Carney what Carney’s opinion is yet. He’ll have one by tomorrow.
Report Post »byehlik
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:11pmBeing led by absolute fools! This is incredibly telling, isn’t it?
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:10pmwhat cha gonna do carney, plead the 5th because your party doesn’t care aboyut a budget? your a dufus
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:07pmWhat a fairy!!! Yes, I said it! Spineless weasel with selective hearing and memory! Is he the son of Gibbs?
Report Post »LIBS-ARE-DINGLEHEADS
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:07pmJay Carney is a total joke of a man that is thrust onto the public like a wimp hoist on a petard.
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