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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: zzpat who wrote (1030506)9/15/2017 4:57:08 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 1576081
 
So given your partisanship how come Obama and a Democratic House and Senate didn't balance the budget.
Do you remember that they failed to even pass a budget at all for 6 years?

Congress passes first budget in 6 years - Washington Times
www.washingtontimes.com/news/.../senate-clears-way-final-passage-congress-budget/
May 5, 2015 - The GOP-led Congress Tuesday passed a full budget for the first time in years, laying out a road map for domestic spending cuts so deep that ...

After years of passing no budget at all, Harry Reid calls the Senate ...
www.theblaze.com/.../after-years-of-passing-no-budget-at-all-harry-reid-calls-the-sen...
Mar 25, 2015 - Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) ridiculed Senate Republicans on Wednesday for trying to do something he routinely dodged when ...

John Boehner says Senate Dems haven't passed a budget in more ...
www.politifact.com/ohio/.../john-boehner-says-senate-dems-havent-passed-budget/
Apr 26, 2012 - "The Democrat-led Senate has failed to pass a budget for 750 days . ... political votes," a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told ...

Senate passes first budget in four years | TheHill
thehill.com/policy/finance/289989-senate-passes-first-budget-in-four-years
Mar 23, 2013 - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Budget ... The Senate early Saturdaypassed its first budget in four years by a vote of 50 to 49.

It sounds like they passed PAYGO, then got around it by simply not committing to a budget at all.
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