Thursday, May 17, 2012

4 GOP Budgets for 2013 turned down by Democrats in Senate

Just like the Democrats in the Florida Legislature voting against Scott's budget, the Senate Democrats have turned down four proposed GOP Budgets.

"The Senate on Wednesday rejected every single budget being offered this year, leaving the chamber — and therefore the federal government — without a plan to address Medicare, Social Security and the other major entitlement programs that are driving deficits and debt.

In repeated votes, Democrats who control the chamber defeated four Republican proposals, including a plan that passed the House in March. The entire Senate also unanimously rejected President Obama’s 2013 budget, voting 99-0 against it, following a 414-0 vote against it in the House earlier this year."

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