Budget Debacle
Written by on July 08, 2010, 03:52 PM
Two weeks ago, Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced the House will not pass a budget this year. That represented the first time since the modern budget process was created in 1974 that Congress has failed to adopt an annual budget resolution.
In order to get around this failure, and keep the out-of-control spending going, House Democrats voted last week to “deem as passed” a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. This underhanded move skirts one of Congress’ most basic responsibilities, writing a budget. Some Democrats attempted to employ a similar "deem-and-pass" strategy earlier this year when it seemed they did not have the votes to pass a widely opposed health care bill. Now this procedural gimmick returns as a way to avoid going on record to vote for a budget resolution with more trillion-dollar deficits and job-killing taxes.
This vote was a transparent attempt to authorize new spending without acknowledging the fiscal recklessness of our congressional leadership. On the heels of a record $1.4 trillion deficit, and debt surpassing $13 trillion, our government will continue to tax, spend, and mortgage the next generation’s future.
Although 38 Democrats voted against this hidden measure, Rep. McCarthy voted for it. In 2005, when the Republicans were in control, Rep. McCarthy criticized a budget that would yield a deficit of $248 billion, but after her party took control, she rubber-stamped Democratic budgets that yielded deficits many times greater.
The fiscal policies of Speaker Pelosi and Rep. McCarthy are unsustainable. They hurt job creation and raise questions at home and abroad about whether the U.S. is able to make the most basic decisions to manage its fiscal affairs. I will stand for fiscal responsibility in the House and criticize fiscal mismanagement no matter which party is the culprit.
In order to get around this failure, and keep the out-of-control spending going, House Democrats voted last week to “deem as passed” a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. This underhanded move skirts one of Congress’ most basic responsibilities, writing a budget. Some Democrats attempted to employ a similar "deem-and-pass" strategy earlier this year when it seemed they did not have the votes to pass a widely opposed health care bill. Now this procedural gimmick returns as a way to avoid going on record to vote for a budget resolution with more trillion-dollar deficits and job-killing taxes.
This vote was a transparent attempt to authorize new spending without acknowledging the fiscal recklessness of our congressional leadership. On the heels of a record $1.4 trillion deficit, and debt surpassing $13 trillion, our government will continue to tax, spend, and mortgage the next generation’s future.
Although 38 Democrats voted against this hidden measure, Rep. McCarthy voted for it. In 2005, when the Republicans were in control, Rep. McCarthy criticized a budget that would yield a deficit of $248 billion, but after her party took control, she rubber-stamped Democratic budgets that yielded deficits many times greater.
The fiscal policies of Speaker Pelosi and Rep. McCarthy are unsustainable. They hurt job creation and raise questions at home and abroad about whether the U.S. is able to make the most basic decisions to manage its fiscal affairs. I will stand for fiscal responsibility in the House and criticize fiscal mismanagement no matter which party is the culprit.
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Frank Scaturro is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York’s 4th Congressional District. Frank believes our nation is at a tipping point, and if we do not turn things around, we could face many more years of decline. That is why he is offering the voters of Nassau County a real choice for principled new leadership that will finally represent the people.
As a principled new voice, Frank will work to make our Federal government accountable to the people again, reign in out-of-control spending, and reduce a crushing federal tax burden that hurts Long Island citizens and businesses.
Frank Scaturro was born in New York City in 1972 and raised in New Hyde Park following his family’s move to that community in 1973. His father, who had emigrated from Italy as a boy, was self-employed in a commercial air conditioning and refrigeration repair business for several years. He later became the supervisor of maintenance and operations at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City and then held a similar position at Chaminade High School in Mineola. His mother studied physical therapy at Nassau Community College and worked near home as a secretary at an insurance agency and several law firms. Read More
Frank Scaturro is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York’s 4th Congressional District. Frank believes our nation is at a tipping point, and if we do not turn things around, we could face many more years of decline. That is why he is offering the voters of Nassau County a real choice for principled new leadership that will finally represent the people.
As a principled new voice, Frank will work to make our Federal government accountable to the people again, reign in out-of-control spending, and reduce a crushing federal tax burden that hurts Long Island citizens and businesses.
Frank Scaturro was born in New York City in 1972 and raised in New Hyde Park following his family’s move to that community in 1973. His father, who had emigrated from Italy as a boy, was self-employed in a commercial air conditioning and refrigeration repair business for several years. He later became the supervisor of maintenance and operations at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City and then held a similar position at Chaminade High School in Mineola. His mother studied physical therapy at Nassau Community College and worked near home as a secretary at an insurance agency and several law firms. Read More
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