Tuesday, January 8, 2013

President Obama's spokesperson refuses to call on Senate to pass budget...

The Obama administration doesn't believe in the law...

Via Beltway Confidential:
President Obama will not call for Senate Democrats to pass a budget in exchange for a debt ceiling hike, his spokesman said while refusing to say if a budget is important to managing the nation’s financial affairs.
“Congress — the Senate, the House — should act to raise the debt ceiling,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said today during the press briefing. “This is not a negotiation the White House is going to have.”
Asked if the budget — which has not been passed in over three years — “is more important than ever,” Carney replied, “That’s a question for the Senate.”
Carney was responding to a report from The Washington Examiner’s Byron York that Senate Republicans are moving to demand a budget.
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