GOP Charge: ‘Top Senate Dem Gets Law Wrong Trying to Explain Missing Budget’
- Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:15am by
Scott Baker
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The Senate Republican Budget Office is enjoying this clip almost a little too much:
JULY 31, WASHINGTON–In an interview today on “FOX News Sunday,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin falsely claimed that Democrats have not passed a budget in 823 days because they have been unable to muster 60 votes for passage.
Durbin’s claim is incorrect for three reasons. First, budget law states that budget resolutions are privileged, meaning they cannot be filibustered, only require a simple majority vote for passage, and can be brought up by the majority party (which controls the Senate floor schedule) at any time. Second, for a large portion of last year, Democrats controlled 60 seats in the Senate, and still chose not to pass a budget plan for the nation. Finally, Senate Democrats have not even written or introduced a budget plan this year, much less passed one out of the Senate.
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Comments (112)
jim
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 5:19amDurbin is another big reason why businesses are fleeing Illinois in droves… higher taxes, out of control spending, impending state health care costs… these are the usual job killing, economy sinking policies of all Democrats. It’s time to kick the Dems out… get Tea Partiers in office as the true Right, and current Republicans as the Left. Current Democrats have become the communists we used to fight wars over in the past… now they’re within our system, killing our way of life.
Report Post »its_time_to_arrest_our_government
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:04amIts time to stand up for what is right stop being lied to…..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGJdN2KPf0g
Report Post »WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST TAKE OUR NATION BACK FROM THIS CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT!
valricoslash
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:51amIt totally amazes me how stupid politicans who have been entrenched in Washington for years do not know the laws that govern their respective hosues of the governement. the onlyones more stupid than these idiots are the idiots that keep electing them. Dick, and the name is appropriate, Durbin is one of those entrenched morons who is at the top of the government welafre ladder (congress). What is also interesting is how Pelosi wants her caucus to see what is in this compromise before they vote on it. That sure is a change from when she jammed Obmacare down our throats and made the famous idiotic statement: “we’ll have to pass the bill se that we can wee what is in it.” Hypocrites all.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:01amHey, leave Dick alone. We love him down here in Oklahoma and Texas. Business is booming here in Oklahoama. Here in the town I live in you can’t believe the construction in progress. Banks are loaning money(small local banks) and the unemployment is 5.6%. My sons have a construction and they can’t hire enough employees.Arvest Bank is the only out of state bank and they are loaning money also.
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:09amThat socialist S***bird knows what the law is and is just lying because HUGE spending is what the Dems what to use to collapse the system. Stimulus and Porkulus were successful attemtps to baloon the debt to croud out the budet; dismantle the DOD and cow tow to the Chinese….
Report Post »HairOfTheDogSob
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 4:44pmIL voters do not have the brains to elect pro capatilist representatives..never have..never will…
Report Post »Doc_Slammin
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:08pm@its_time_to_arrest_our_government
Your nick says it all.
Report Post »Lone Ranger
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 5:18amKudos to anyone who could watch Durbin the Turban for more than 10 seconds.
Report Post »Doc_Slammin
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:30pmIt’s not just Dick Durbin, it’s Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Olympia Snow, John Kerry, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Deborah Wasserman-Schultz, and the list goes on.
The TEA party has bent over backward to support Republican candidates. Now, I think it’s time we take the darn thing over and let the RINOs join the progressives where they belong. Remember, 2012 is not just about removing Obama from office, every seat in the House is up for grabs, and many Senators as well.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 5:06amDick….do you all think we are stupid or do just lie all the time?
I think not, we know what it takes to pass a budget and its not 60 votes in the senate. Quit spending our money without know when, how or who is using it!
Report Post »Bermuda Onion
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:24amThe problem is this, no one will ever know this. The MSM never reports on stuff like this. And Dick Turban is from Obama land so as far as the MSM is concerned, nothing to see here move along.
Report Post »MBA
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:19amThe democrat creed: if we‘re talking we’re lying!
Report Post »4stmichael
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 4:22amit takes only one penny out of every federal dollar … all of U.S. have had to take more than one penny out of our own budget
freeze spending 2011 for 6 yrs … take %1 out per year …7th yr. cap spending at %18 of GDP … 8th yr balance budget and cut 7.5 Trillion
“Mack Penny Plan” http://vimeo.com/27093823
… go to 2:22 on the clip
… less blabbing
… more detail from Mack
“Mack Penny Plan” on “Hannity” 29July11
Report Post »____ 2:22 on clip
____and That’s A Fact Jack!
____ GO MACK!!
Winghunter
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 4:22amDICK DURBIN, ENEMY OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS’ REPUBLIC http://bit.ly/osqDY2
Report Post »iteaparty.org
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 4:12amSo, Dick Turbin says the Dems cannot pass a budget because they cannot get the votes? So when they had 60 votes, what was their excuse? “We forgot”? Actually, what he should have said is, “We are Democrats, we don’t have to follow the law, we don’t care about you, and we will spend your money anyway we want; get over it.” Then at least he would be telling the truth.
Vote Conservative in 2012 and beyond!
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 5:50amVery well said.
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:57am“The hottest places in He!! are reserved for those who, in times of moral crisis, preserved their neutrality.” — Dante
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:12am@ITEAPARTY.ORG: Right on! Couldn’t have said it better! “We are Democrats, we don’t have to follow the law, we don’t care about you, and we will spend your money anyway we want; get over it.” Truer words were never written! We need a big “house cleaning” in Washington in 2012!
Report Post »ConservativeFirst
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:00amHow right you are! And, if someone tries to set the record straight on a Dem lie, they are considered extremists. This whole thing from the Dems (and some Rinos) along with the MSM is a set up! They are all getting angry with the Freshmen because the Freshmen have changed the rules and are not playing the “political” game. The Freshmen don’t have re-election as their main goal – the majority want to save this country, which is why they were elected.
Stand firm House Freshmen! Until the next election when we can hire more of you, you are our wall of protection!
Tea anyone?
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:48amDurbin is a dumbass. I know, he’s my Senator. And Kirk my other guy has been hiding since he got the 6 yr post. Makes me want to move 5 miles North to the Cheddar zone.
Report Post »JimCDew
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:46amThat post was cheesy, but we in Wisconsin love our cheddar.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:53amI feel sorry for you….I would never live where you live in a million years.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:38amDurbin was on both the Simpson commission and ‘gang of six’. President Obama rejected the recommendations of his commission, and the ‘gang of six’ offered a plan that sabotaged the Obama/Boehner deal; which caused the President to ask for that extra 400 billion, and on the same day as the Senate vote on the Cut, Cap, and Balance. That‘s why I believe all the members of the ’gang’ are untrustworthy.
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:57amAnytime a group is called a “gang” I would have to agree that they are not worthy of your trust.
Report Post »jackbauer
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:08amDick Turbin Durbin is so dysfunctional he belongs on the “Simpsons” not the commission!
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:35amWhen the far left of this country wakes up to the “New America”, they won’t like it. They’ll whine to us conservatives to fix what they broke.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:49amI understand, the left and the old guard progressives have seen once again that the old ways of the DC club have changed. Like the democrats who needed counseling after losing their seats and jobs these surviving progressives and socialists are in a blind panic, wanting it the old way and not yet getting why the old plans of bribery and lies do not work as well as before.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:15amThe truth is that the Democrats wanted to have the “historical achievement” of taking the first step into Nationalized Health Care. It didn‘t matter to them that the majority of Americans didn’t want it. They have allowed the very Far Left, Marxist, Socialists, and Communists to take control of the Democratic Party for years. There just isn’t anymore Democratic Party that we all knew in the time of JFK.
Finally, the American populace is regaining their senses. We are rejecting the notion of European Socialism. There is absolutely no excuse for the Democrats not putting forth, or passing a budget. They had the Presidency, the House and the Senate. This is called dereliction of duty. In other words, they weren’t doing their jobs.
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:25amI know that I’m just a foreigner, but you Americans would be better off with Rand Paul as President.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 4:20amThankfully, Black People are less than 20% of American voters. Black People caused their low numbers by having abortions in higher numbers than any other ethnic group. The percentage of Black People who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, was in the high 90 percentile.
I am a White Person and I understand that Black People would desire a Black Person as President. I’m a woman, and would be thrilled to have a woman as President. I also realize that race or gender is NOT the most important factor in voting for a President.
It’s more important that the next President takes this Nation in the direction that it should go. Do we want to embrace Socialism and Communism, or assert Capitalism? Many Americans have died trying to defeat Communism and Socialism. The USSR collapsed because of the unworkable Communism/Socialist government.
Capitalism has PROVEN itself to be the best political system possible. Only, in this system, can “anyone” rise to the top of the heap, by sheer innovation and drive. Communism and Socialism have no place in the United States of America.
Reject any politician who wants Communism and Socialism in this Nation.
Report Post »briten821
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:09amHey Diane, acn we take it easy on speaking for an entire race of people as if they were all the same? I understand the statistics, but implying “all black people” justs adds ammo to those who love to cry “racist’!
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:08amI’m about as disappointed with this debt deal as my wife was on the night of our honey moon.
Yes I’m divorced. : )
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:20amYour ex sounds like she may be a dem. She will learn someday that bigger is not always better. That’s just a joke now!!
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:28amUs Portuguese are not known for size, haaaa !
Report Post »ILConservative
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:06amI sure hope the stupid liberals in my state wake up! I’m stuck with this idiot!
Report Post »Baerlin
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 5:51amHaven’t you noticed? We’re stuck with all the idiots!
Report Post »brknhrt
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:29amThey can’t wake up because in Illinois, as you must know, dead people vote. That is how politicians like Durbin stay for life.
Report Post »MBA
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:26amAll Illinois (and all states) conservatives and Tea Partiers need to participate in the Republican caucus (I know it’s tough)–but synergy will help come up with a plan to head off the union and illegal votes. No place in this country can afford to split the conservative vote in 2012 so we need to work together to win back our country. I grew up in The Region–when I go home to visit I‘m still amazed the Skyway isn’t finished (is that I80?, I don’t remember). Good ole boy jobs forever for the criminal Chicago politicians cronies.
Report Post »alcarfl
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:36amNo one else except FOX and The Blaze will ever see the clip. If you asked lawmaker Durbin to clarify he’ll tell you he never said it, blame Bush and denounce FOX for taking his words out of context. Who’s lying?
Report Post »youshuthehellup
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:29amIn the end the REAL CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS will have to do what we have to do if these bleep ups keep bleepin us over. If you get my drift – let me put it simply just in case the intellectuals from harvard are reading along – We will never surrender to tyrannical behavior in a pres or any political figure.come what may – what has to be done will be done. My children need a secured future of freedom.
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:20amI hope the GOP runs clips of this a million times during the 2012 election. The democrats are hopeless when it comes to the money thing, or any other thing really. When are the American people going to wake up?
Report Post »enufznuf
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:10amOh, and by the way…A crackhead girl I know (for real) said she voted for Obama because he is “hot”. We need a simple test at least.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:44am@Enufznuf
Give Government the power to test to allow voting.
Uhm no. Government isn’t the solution. We are. Truth is.
Instead of a test we Americans need to be responsible and educate idiots as your crack head friend. Got a lot of work to do don’t we!
If your crackhead friend wants to vote on looks their choice. Maybe a wrong choice but their choice. Same odds as flipping a coin I suppose!
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:59amFYI many states did pass test requirements for many years. Mostly all southern states and all thought up by Democrats.
If you do get a test enacted as you propose how will you justly represent the voting block? If 50% of say New Yorkers don’t pass the test do they still get the same amount of representatives or only representatives based on those who vote. Easy way for government to control voting block and maintain big power. Tests are a bad idea.
Guinn VS United States changed all that.
Report Post »Daddymac10
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:07amDon‘t even know the constitution and he’s supposed to be a leader representing Illinois??
Report Post »elphi43
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:05amMan the life boats! The BS is getting too deep here!
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:02amThis guy has his head so far up his @$$ that he needs a glass navel to see where he is going!
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:54amA Democrat who doesn’t understand the Constitution or the law? I wanna show you something. It’s my shocked face.
O_O
Report Post »chalkdust
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 4:53amInteresting how most politicians would rather you think they are liars than incompetent. I think Durbin is just incompetent. Talking out of his bleep.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:37amSurely the Federal Reserve with it‘s good intentions wouldn’t mind losing out on a few trillion bucks. Especially if it’s for the good of the country and World they love so dearly. :-)
Ron Paul is a very smart honest man. Wish God made more of him.
Ron Paul 2012!!!
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:30amWhen the vast majority of voters have no clue about Cloture and use of the filibuster now (not to even mention when the Dems controlled, with super-majorities, both houses of Congress AND the White House with a Pure Progressive Presodent. Then our experiment of a Federal Representative Republic is finished.
Report Post »enufznuf
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:07amVoters really do need to pass a test first. Of course that would be racist though… I‘m thinking we’re screwed until 2016, but saying my prayers.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:28amim guessing you cant read
im also guessing you dont have a clue what your talking about
hey look……………………..im right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First, budget law states that budget resolutions are privileged, meaning they cannot be filibustered, only require a simple majority vote for passage, and can be brought up by the majority party (which controls the Senate floor schedule) at any time. Second, for a large portion of last year, Democrats controlled 60 seats in the Senate, and still chose not to pass a budget plan for the nation. Finally, Senate Democrats have not even written or introduced a budget plan this year, much less passed one out of the Senate.
read that passage ten times , then get back to us
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:30amSomeone needs to openly call for Durbin’s resignation and publicly expose this lie for what it is…. Fox will surely give them air time to do so…
The Majority Whip of the Senate openly lying to the American People. “We the People” are you going to stand for this? Call for Durbin’s resignation immediately.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:45amDURBIN (D-IL) LIES… uh….what’s new??? HE ALWAYS LIES. THIS guy along with Leahy (D-VT), and two others who had (past tense) HAD Presidential ambitions all lied like a rug. One was RINO PUB, I can see his face but can’t remember his name right now… all KNOWN LIARS. What a legacy, eh?
Report Post »I looked it up : Richard Lugar (R- IN)…. ugh.
Okie from Muskogee
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:35am@PattyHenry
As much as Allen West is honored as a stand up man around here, I sure wish he would call Durbin out in the media continually until Durbin apologizes.
It is disheartening to see no elected official openly calling out the Majority Whip of the Senate lies. If Durbin said he didn’t know, he should step down for the Whip of the Senate should know the laws. If he did know and lied blatantly he should resign.
If we continue to allow them to lie openly and freely without contest with truth and responsibility we will always loose.
Hope your doing well PattyHenry.
Report Post »benrush
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:26amThat’s my state senator for you. Thanks for making Illinois look like progressive utopia, senator Blurban
Report Post »krowley
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:25amIt’s what we have come to expect of our politicians!
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