Great read this morning by Dana Milbank in the Washington Post on the on-going budget silliness...
An excerpt:
“House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are refusing to work out a compromise now that Senate Democrats have finally passed a budget. Democrats, after insisting for years that a budget resolution was unnecessary, are outraged that Republicans aren't conferring with them to hammer out a resolution. Republicans, after berating Democrats for enacting Obamacare and other bills behind closed doors with extra-parliamentary procedures, are insisting that any talks with Democrats be behind closed doors with extra-parliamentary procedures. Democrats, meanwhile, have suddenly become allergic to closed-door meetings and are insisting on a public "conference committee" and the "regular order."”
Got that?
And this...
"Into this farce on Tuesday strolled NBC News’s Chuck Todd, who agreed to host a “discussion” with top budget negotiators at deficit hawk Pete Peterson’s annual Fiscal Summit. But there was a catch: The parties wouldn’t discuss the budget together."
Good grief...
Click here to read the entire piece....
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-childs-play-with-the-budget-as-democrats-and-republicans-battle/2013/05/07/ad674498-b74a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds&wpisrc=nl_wonk_b
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