Steve Benson Editorial Cartoon, January 04, 2013 on GoComics.com

rhynerjr said, 6 months ago

Um, I think the stork should be Obama, not congress…

Rockngolfer said, 6 months ago

The House of Representives must begin all budget proposals
(not the Senate or the President)
Try reading the Constitution.

Zipi said, 6 months ago

Hey Rock, the President is required to propose a budget and the Congress is to work on it. Read the Constitution.

Chillbilly said, 6 months ago

Hey both of you. Look at reality.

moderateisntleft said, 6 months ago

@rhynerjr

I think you should learn more about the government. Congress is supposed to write the legislation. Instead they (and and apparantly you) just complain about whatever Obama does. Maybe they should get off there lazys butts and take a little responsibility……..

Ms. Ima said, 6 months ago

Thanks to O, the pork giveaways never end. Just like taxes.

masterskrain said, 6 months ago

No matter WHO “Proposes” the budget, we need to have a way to eliminate the “Pork” that is tacked on almost every budget bill that comes through Congress.
Sadly, the SCOTUS ruled that the Presidential “Line-Item” veto is illegal.
And I doubt we can count on Congress actually taking responsibility for doing it themselves.

mikefive said, 6 months ago

@Rockngolfer

@Zipi
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Perhaps, both of you should read the Constitution. Particularly Article I and Article II which define the responsibilities and duties of Congress and the President.

TheTrustedMechanic said, 6 months ago

@ScottPM

I asked this yesterday, Do you really think the obstructionist republicans in the Senate will allow debate, let alone amendments on a budget form the House IF the Democrats in the Senate don’t simply rubberstamp it as presented from the house? Reality is the republicans in the Senate have filibustered an unprecedented number of times. And a single Senator can block any leglisation he/she doesn’t like with (what should be unconscionable) a secret hold. They don’t have to admit to it, just do it in secret and then nothing can happen. So why should Harry Reid waste the Senate’s time with the republicans’ partisan wish list budget that the country much less the Democrats would not agree with only to have self-interested recalcitrant republicans filibuster any amended version before it could be passed and sent back to the House for them to refuse the changes anyway? Can you assure anyone, with any level of credibility that this process could be achieved, House presents budget, Senate amends and returns the budget and then the houses reconcile the budget? Forget about President Obama signing it, do you really think the republicans would allow the budget to go through it’s required steps to be presented to the President? I have zero confidence that the republicans would allow it, that would require cooperation, compromise and actually DOING THE PEOPLES’ BUSINESS!

ARodney said, 6 months ago

I love the conservatives blaming Obama for the pork. He wasn’t even in the room, it was worked out between Biden and McConnell, and who knows which of them threw in which sweeteners to get the deal passed? If Boehner had actually done his job and not waited until the last minute, the budget could have been negotiated and passed in the open. But, you see, that means he’d need to lead; and if he does that, he loses his job.