1,000 Days Without A Budget

http://blog.heritage.org | Today marks the 1,000th day since the United States Senate has passed a budget. While the House has put forth (and passed) its own budget, the Senate has failed to do the same. To help illustrate how extraordinary this failure has been, our new video highlights a few of impressive feats in history that have been accomplished in less time.

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[rickatindy1962]

Dear Heritage, you need to modify your video by identifying WHO controlled the Senate (every time you say the word, "Senate." "...the DEMOCRAT controlled Senate...." This is where we lose our message. We assume everybody is informed like us and know who controls the chamber, but people are very misinformed. This video is great, but should point out the GOP took only xx number of days to pass a budget when they took BACK control of the house in 2011. Thanks for reading.

[Liberty At'Stake]

Democrats don't need a budget ... because their ideology informs them every red cent of national wealth belongs to them to distribute as they choose.

[gr4v1tyburn]

budgets are lame anyway

[Michael Small]

Government does not have the responsibility by our Constitution, to regulate Morals and ethics; but we need to get our Government back into control of the people rather than those trying to destroy this country. Then we need to amend the Constitution on the 2 points mentioned and disallow this type of crimes against the American Citizen again. GINGRICH, ROMNEY, SANTORUM, will not do the job. The only one who has preached Constitution for more than 2 decades is RON PAUL.

[Michael Small]

So did Hitler, Marx, Lenin and many others. If we do not follow the Constitution then we follow something else and that something else does not lead to Liberty, freedom or Independence. As for our Founding Fathers, they were pretty specific as to the legitimate scope of Government. Their only down fall was in not establishing TERM LIMTS and Protecting our Currency base through our US Treasury; rather they left it open.  Thus, we have several Presidents Assassinated, and attempts.

[fascistcat]

CFR doesn't "set policy," they 'influence' policy makers. Think of it as a verbal 'Jedi Mind Trick.' Only weak minded fools fall for it.

Your absolutist Libertarian views on the Constitution are a-historic. Feel free to try to pursued people that drugs like heroin SHOULD be legal, but there is no evidence that The Framers shared your views.

If you argue 'Interstate Commerce' you'd have a more convincing argument, but not many more sympathizers.

Wrong species of hemp.

[Michael Small]

No Government employee deserves more than the public can afford to pay and with our governments all in the red, a great number of people are over paid, along with agencies not needed, fill the lines of our state accounting sheets. These policies must change and TERM LIMITS must be brought back within each state. No more professional Politicians and no more Unions for Government Employees.

[Michael Small]

Heroin was at one time legal. Coke was used in Coca Cola many years ago, and hemp was the primary plant of remaking rope. Our Constitution does not deal in moral or ethical questions as it is not part of Government responsibility, and when it become part of government responsibility, then citizens have slept and allow socialists to take over their government. Wonder why our nation is bankrupt today?

[Michael Small]

Most of them probably joined the CFR to get their tickets punched. However, the hardliners who sit behind the board room doors are the one that set policy. Believe it, as it is true of every private organization. The truth lies in the potential destruction of this Republic of which is very close at this time. You don't have to believe until it happens.

[fateliesnthefire]

Sorry a Police officer deserves 100,000 a year so does fire and ems However the baseball player and the sports guy doesnt deserve 1 mil a year... A Police officer firefighter or an emt are all out to protect you and put their life on the line, a baseball football and hocey players or movie stars and politicians is all about weath and pay and for what purpose to put on a show and bullshit people...

[Michael Small]

the simple fact is, this organization was put together initially to control the news media of which was already partially controlled. If you understand how any political organized bunch want to take over a country, it is first by infiltrating every aspect of government and the corporate world. Newt Gingrich was all for the open border program of NAFTA of which destroyed the nations sovereignty as well as state sovereignty.

Granted State Sovereignty all across this country trash.

[fascistcat]

I'm not trying to deprogram you. No more so than if you were a Scientologist. It's not really my area.

I used to believe the CFR crap. All it is is a bunch of Libs who invite other people that they think are important (like themselves). They write a bunch of meaningless papers and meet for fancy dinners. They are The Establishment.

I'm sure they all hate Gingrich and talk about him behind his back.

How can you be 'open borders' and anti-NAFTA at the same time?