NorthWest Florida Republican

This could be a disturbing trend that needs to be repudiated.

According to the Democrat Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the House will not pass a Budget this fiscal year.

“It isn’t possible to debate and pass a realistic, long-term budget until we’ve considered the bipartisan commission’s deficit-reduction plan, which is expected in December,” – Washington Examiner

Get out your Congressional Decoder Ring. It translates to,

We aren’t going to pass anything else that might cause us not to be re-elected.

Once again, the Democrat controlled Congress has decided to not do something that they deem will cause them problems in an election. Just like they did in 2008 when they passed voting on the Budget. And Republicans did in 2006.

This keeps them from raising taxes before the election and allows them to spend as much as they want.

But this year, Democrats won’t pass a budget resolution – which means there will be no limit on spending in next year’s 12 spending authorization bills. Democratic proposals to cut budgets by 2 percent won’t see a floor vote.

As the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget noted last month, “The very reasonable push to reduce some discretionary spending has left the House unable to agree on a plan.” In short, D.C. lawmakers cannot curb the growth in government spending to save their own necks.

Ed Morrisey over at Hot Air has this to say as well.

“Saving their own necks” is what this is all about. The Democrats in Congress believe what Rep. Gerry Connolly told the LA Times, which is that no member of Congress ever lost an election because of a failure to pass a budget. They don’t want to be on the hook for the hard decisions that must come in FY2011, which is either to drastically reduce spending from the binge levels of the last three Democratic Congresses, or to raise taxes to cover it. Spending cuts won’t change voter perception of this Congress at this late date — and tax hikes will make it worse.

I whole heartedly agree.

Congress has absolutely no intention of passing a budget until after the elections to save their Asses.