Obviously that was a set-up.  They knew the Senator was a no-show for whatever reason and decided to embarrass him.

I’m glad Joe is never later for his Morning Joe show!

“He was not eating eggs and ham, he was not hiding in the can. He wasn’t somewhere in the Senate, he wasn’t wrapped up like a present. He wasn’t sneaking ’round the House, he wasn’t hiding with a mouse. They looked down here, they looked up there, but — try as they might — Joe and Mika could not find him anywhere.

hehe nicely done.

He should be embarrased. Do you realise everyday goes by the senate is breaking the law by not presenting a budget?

President ObaMao has his budget ready.
Why isn’t the senate voting on it?

He should be embarrased. Do you realise everyday goes by the senate is breaking the law by not presenting a budget?President ObaMao has his budget ready.Why isn’t the senate voting on it?

Reminds me of this classic bit…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUNvFVQYClY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Send some SERIOUS Republicans to congress who are there to do more than hand out additional tax breaks to Mitt Romney and Kim Kardashian and you’ll see a budget get passed in about 48 hours.

If he was the ratings might improve!
But wait, they would still have Mika.
No improvement in the near future!

Dr. Alex said :

He was not eating eggs and ham, he was not hiding in the can. He wasn’t somewhere in the Senate, he wasn’t wrapped up like a present

Fox in socks, our game is done.
Thank you for a lot of fun.

You really dropped the ball on that post.

No surprise he didn’t have the guts to come on TV to defend the indefensible.  Democrats have been a no show on the budget for years.

Which law?

Well the senate has a majority of 53 democrats.Why aren’t they voting on the Presidents recent budget?
Are you trying to say that Harry Reid thinks Obamas proposal is not SERIOUS????
I say lets write to Harry Reid to let Obamas proposal come to the senate for a vote.
What do you say? You with me??

Really?   So why then wasn’t there a budget when the Democrats held overwhelming majorities in the House, the Senate, and the White House?    Honestly, how can people be so dense?

Its a law that the president,senate,house of reps must present a budget before a certain date. By law their is supposed to be a budget every year.
Its been over a thousand days that the richest country in the world has gone without a budget.
How many buisnesses or even households operate like this?

Great point..Democrats had full control of goverment but can’t come up with a budget.
The house since 2010 has come up with budgets but they won’t even debate it

Which law specifically?

look it up

It doesn’t exist. You are making things up because you don’t understand the budget process and you read some vile tripe on a b(l)og site by someone who knows just barely more than you do and now believe it to be true because the spite on display aligned perfectly with yours.  Not a good look.  

…more crickets?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought the Democrats/President have “presented” a budget/budgets in the past, but they never were able to garnish the votes to get passed??

“Obama’s new budget puts forward a plan to achieve $1.1 trillion in deficit reductions over the next decade, according to an administration official who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity in advance of the formal release of the budget.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/13/obama-budget-proposal-cut_n_822689.html

Date of article – 2/13/11

The sun did not shine
It was too wet to play
So Kent stayed in his house
On that cold, cold wet day

I sat there with Mika
We sat there, we two…

Calling names is very unbecoming of you!

Budget! We don’t need no budget!  We just vote spend it all and then some…  Budgets are just as waste of time, who cares where the money goes anyway?  Just as long as it goes..and we print some more.  

Really? 53 Democrats? Are you serious? Have you been living under a rock?

The new reality is that 60 senators is the base minimum to get anything done now In Washington. I don’t give Democrats a pass — they’ve had some pretty weak performers in recent years like Landrieu, Bayh and Nelson — but Obama wouldn’t have needed their sorry asses if even a handful of Republicans had gone to Washington serious about solving the nation’s budget problems instead of pushing for MORE tax breaks for those who need them the least.

You should be embarrased to be calling the President of the United States by that name, just further proof that right wingers need a brain transplant.

Liked it so much you had to repeat it, I’m embarrased that you are a NE Patriots fan and have the nerve to use their logo, never would one of them be as rude as you.

The President, according to the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, must submit a budget to Congress each year. In its current form, federal budget legislation law (31 U.S.C. 1105(a)) specifies that the President submit a budget between the first Monday in January and the first Monday in February.

Hence each session of Congress, a budget resolution by law must be enacted by April 15. This

You siwwy wittle wiberal.

If he can get a simple majority vote it passes.

But Obama passed his last budget 97-0…woops that was the other way I forgot.
ObaMao is so f’n radical and out to lunch his last budget was shot down 97-0!!!
The democrats are so embarrased by this friggin loon they won’t even let his proposal see the light of day!

You’re even more naive about the way bills get passed than I first thought.

I hope your arrogance and your ignorance console you in November when that radical Marxist coasts to his well-earned reelection victory.

Budgets are specifically exempted from the filibuster.  As such, the number 60 is irrelevant.

Why ? Because a budget is full of new spendings, tax increases, and deficits. Democratic Senators are afraid to vote for all those wonderful things (Sullivan should call them “dumbs”).

Obama has over  51 votes in the Senate, so they should ” pass this bill right now ! ” Schumer and Durbin and Reid and Little Debbie should be on TV praising Obama’s holy name right now.

A long… slow…. clap… for success in using the google to find something related to the discussion.  

Unfortunately, the law you cite (31 U.S.C. 1105(a)) does not say a thing about passing a budget resolution. It does mandate a budget request be made by the President, a precedent established by a 1921 Act signed by Harding and designed to centralize the process of federal spending.  

A budget resolution itself is a blue-print lacking the force of law. A budget resolution sets some mandatory limits on revenue and spending that the appropriations committees must consider when authorizing discretionary spending for the various federal agencies (mandatory spending does not need authorization of course).   The budget resolution process itself dates back to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974… a response to Nixons refusal to spend funds allocated by Congress.

Appropriations bills are where the action is at.  Keep your eyes on the prize and refuse to abide by the other mans lies.  Be cool my dude.  Be cool.

Democrats never had full control of government.

And those budgets the House has come up with do such things as eliminating Medicare. No ****, the Senate refuses to touch that idiocy.

Thank You Johhny Corchran
Now to get back to the substance. ObaMao and the rest of the dems which included full control of the federal goverment for two years have willfully and iresponsibley neglected to pass and abide by budget which people like you voted them into to do.
Split hairs and parse all the bullshit you want on techinicalties if it is a law or not the democrats have been totally irresponible in this regard.They have written deadline to meet and haven’t done so in over a 1000 days.
So why don’t you smartin the F up and deal with the reality.

You are writing things that are literally untrue… Things that form the foundation of your argument. When presented with correction? Foul language, insults and deeper certainty that you are correct. As I said, not a good look. Work harder and demand more from yourself as a citizen. Your country deserves better.

 youre not that bright……if there was no budget the government would be shut down…..the presidents budget means nothing….appropriations are handled by congress……heres a question for ya….kind of a trick question……DOES THE PRESIDENT SIGN THE BUDGET TO MAKE IT BECOME LAW??????…if you believe that a law is being broken everyday when there no budget…..LET THE PROSECUTIONS BEGIN…….BIG BLUE OWNS YOU

dont let me falsely accuse you of having a brain….because of a constant hobbit filibuster it takes 60 votes to get a bill to the floor of the senate for an up or down vote….then and only then does a 50+1 vote get a bill passed….i see rush has trained you well…..just play dumb….right….when uneducated wingnuts like you talk politics….YOURE WAYYYYYYY OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE

thats a lie…..get real

 spot on !  democrats have been in control of the senate 6 out of the last 8 years…. how many fricken budgets have we had?