The Democrats in the House are not going to vote for and pass a budget for fiscal 2011:
Last night, as part of a procedural vote on the emergency war supplemental bill, House Democrats attached a document that “deemed as passed” a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. The execution of the “deeming” document allows Democrats to start spending money for Fiscal Year 2011 without the pesky constraints of a budget.
On the plus side, if the Republicans take the gavel in 2011 and implement any sort of austerity programs, the Democrats absolutely cannot complain about the Republicans cutting the budget if there was no budget to cut.
