Finally, a real uniter in the White House!

March 29, 2012
by Lance Burri


Somebody who can bring two diametrically opposed sides together, who can put an end to the bickering and the partisanship, and unite our leaders against a common enemy!

President Obama’s budget was defeated 414-0 in the House late Wednesday, in a vote Republicans arranged to try to embarrass him…

“Try?”

…and shelve his plan for the rest of the year.

The vote came as the House worked its way through its own fiscal year 2013 budget proposal, written by Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan. Republicans wrote an amendment that contained Mr. Obama’s budget and offered it on the floor, daring Democrats to back the plan, which calls for major tax increases and yet still adds trillions of dollars to the deficit over the next decade.

Surely President Obama wouldn’t begrudge the House this annual moment of unity, would he?

Meanwhile, in the Senate…

Senate Democrats have said they will not bring a budget to the floor this year, though Republicans in the chamber have talked about trying to at least force a vote on Mr. Obama’s plan there as well.

Last year, when they forced a vote on his 2012 budget, it was defeated 97-0.

Good for you, Mr. President. You bring us together!