A budget resolution based on President Obama’s 2012 budget failed to get any votes in the Senate on Wednesday.Please bookmark!
In a 99-0 vote, all of the senators rejected the president’s blueprint.
It’s the second year in a row the Senate has voted down Obama’s budget.
Obama's 2012 budget failed 97 to 0 last May after Obama himself last April said he wanted deeper deficit cuts.
The White House sought to provide cover for Democrats to vote against the Obama budget resolution before the vote, arguing the resolution offered by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) was different from Obama’s budget because it did not include policy report language.
Democrats made the same point on the floor Wednesday in explaining their votes.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Obama Budget Goes Down 99-0 in Democrat-Controlled Senate
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Well I know why Republicans voted against Obama's budget....they're raaaaacist. But Democrats? Perhaps they have a noble reason. I'll have to watch MSNBC to find out what it was.
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