Democrats Should Have Done Their Job

The Democrats are outraged over a proposed House rule granting new powers to the Republican Chairman of the Budget Committee.  The proposed rule would allow the Budget Committee Chairman to set spending ceilings for 2011 without a vote by the full House.  The House rule would give authority to the new Budget panel chairman to set budget ceilings at a later time and his decision would not be subject to an up-or-down vote on the floor.

The rule change would give power to Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), the incoming chairman of the panel, to impose deep spending cuts since spending bills cannot exceed the budget ceiling for the 2011 fiscal year.   The House is set to vote on the rule soon after it convenes on January 5.

Democrats argue the provision would give unilateral power to Ryan and flies in the face of GOP promises of transparency.  Is this the same kind of power Nancy Pelosi ruled with for the past 4 years?  It is more transparent than anything the Democrats have done.

"Allowing incoming Chairman Ryan to have unilateral power to set spending limits  instead of subjecting those limits to a vote on the floor of the House flies in the face of promises by House Republicans to have the most transparent and honest Congress in history,” said Doug Thornell, spokesman for incoming House Budget Committee ranking member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), in an e-mailed statement.

“Unfortunately, the House GOP is reverting back to the same arrogant governing style they implemented when they last held the majority and turned a surplus into a huge deficit," he added. 

The arrogance and power grabs were under the corrupt Pelosi regime in Congress.  Pelosi and the Democrats cry foul when the Republicans use an option.  They saw nothing wrong with violating House rules and the Constitution when they were in power.

The Republicans legitimately argue allowing the Budget Chairman to set spending ceilings is necessary because of the failure of the last Congress to approve a budget last year.  Pelosi and her regime didn’t do their job and now are outraged the Republicans are doing it.

“This provision is only necessary because of Democrats’ historic failure to pass a budget last year. They have nothing but their own ineptitude to blame for this temporary authority,” Brendan Buck, a spokesman for the House Republican transition, said in response to the Van Hollen statement.

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