The presidents February budget deliberately dodged the tough choices necessary to confront the threat of runaway federal spending. . . Since then hes offered a lot of rhetoric but no real plan to avoid a spending-driven debt crisis. His speeches and press conferences are no substitutes for actual budgets with specific numbers and independently verified projections of future deficits and debt.
Meanwhile its been over two years since the Democrat-controlled Senate passed any budget at all. This is a historic failure to fulfill one of the most basic responsibilities of governing.
-- Congressman Paul Ryan Chairman of the House Budget Committee
