Sen. Conrad backs off plan to vote on budget

cnredd · #1 (**permalink**) 04-18-2012, 11:00 AM

After going over two years without passing a budget, a Democrat in the Senate actually tried to get one for 2013 started...Until he got blocked by his own...

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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) bowed to pressure from fellow Democrats on Tuesday and postponed a committee vote on a 2013 budget resolution, most likely until after the November elections.

Conrad on Wednesday will begin a committee markup of a resolution based on the Bowles-Simpson deficit recommendations, but told reporters there is no date scheduled on which the markup vote would occur.

“This is the wrong time to vote in committee; this is the wrong time to vote on the floor,” he said. “I don’t think we will be prepared to vote before the election.”

He said the decision would disappoint some Democrats who craved a budget plan to rally around and some Republicans who longed for a plan to attack.

Indeed, the decision was denounced immediately by the GOP, which has lambasted Senate Democrats for months for failing to consider a standalone budget resolution for the last two years.

Ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said that Conrad’s about-face had taken him completely off guard Tuesday afternoon. He said he learned of the decision as he was preparing budget amendments to offer on Wednesday.

“I believe Conrad was prepared to go forward … I was very, very surprised,” Sessions said. “It is very clear that members of his committee and the entire Democratic Conference and the leader did not want his members to cast votes.”

Sessions said that Conrad is failing to live up to a pledge he made to Sessions during last summer’s debt-ceiling talks to hold a markup in committee on a budget.

faithful_servant · #2 (**permalink**) 04-18-2012, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

After going over two years without passing a budget, a Democrat in the Senate actually tried to get one for 2013 started...Until he got blocked by his own...

Sen. Conrad backs off plan to vote on budget

Any bets on who will be the first member to blame this on the Reps.??

Current odds -
Mikeyy 32:1 (longshot becasue he's out of the country)
otp 14:1
Coyote 7:1
Salty 2:1

saltwn · #3 (**permalink**) 04-18-2012, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

After going over two years without passing a budget, a Democrat in the Senate actually tried to get one for 2013 started...Until he got blocked by his own...

Sen. Conrad backs off plan to vote on budget

Haven't watched CSpan much in awhile so it is difficult to comment on this. I don't believe much of the media anymore.
My video doesn't load properly and takes forever. Trying to watch Nancy Grace (who surprisingly looks to be coming down on the Trayvon side of things) and it is frustrating to say the least. Actually I shouldn't comment on her show because she might have changed horses by now.

**This stand alone comment :

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This is the wrong time to vote in committee; this is the wrong time to vote on the floor,” he said. “I don’t think we will be prepared to vote before the election.”

is strange and must be surrounded by other thoughts.

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