And that is the CON$ervative mantra, as long as there is some Dem control somewhere, if anything goes wrong it's the Dem's fault. The GOP House has no say in Gov spending any more even though CON$ have been claiming the debt increased $5 trillion since Pelosi became speaker.
But if the economy improves the credit will be due completely and solely to the GOP House controlling the spending.
http://www.usmessageboard.com/congr...ncreased-5-trillion-under-speaker-pelosi.html
Are you really that ignorant? The House and Senate have to be in control by a party before you have control of Congress. The democrats had control of congress for 4 years. The president can only veto legislation not create it. Bush did not veto near enough for a true fiscal conservative’s taste and he was called on it several times.
What Bush did do is give in to the will of the people at that time. The people went democrat so he allowed many ideas he did not care for pass. He did use the veto power but not nearly enough for most conservatives’ tastes.
Now the budget has to pass through a democratic senate and a democratic president. If the House budgets do not pass then the Republicans will have every right to claim that it is not their fault but if their budget does pass then they will have no one to blame. If they compromise they will need to insure they explain what was compromised and why.
Personally if I was in charge of the House I would not change any legislation and force Obama to veto the bill or the senate to vote it down. If that happens I would not compromise on anything and resend it. Let Obama and the senate be the party of no and veto.