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Three Years and Counting Without a Budget

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    FBN’s Gerri Willis on the lack of a federal budget for the last three years.

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This weekend marks 1095.

Days without a congressional budget.

Do the math at C.

Three years.

And it's not just an example of being lazy it's congress well essentially the senate breaking the law.

According to the constitution which I realize many folks in congress do not read.

Quote on or before April 15 of each year the congress shall complete action on a -- current resolution on the budget for the fiscal year each year every year.

I don't know about you what if I fail to perform my -- maybe I just don't show up for work you lose your job.

You think the Democrats in -- -- -- would be embarrassed by their ineptitude.

Sorry to the public for not clearly outlining their spending for the year but -- Harry Reid just doesn't seem to care.

In February and said this we do not need to bring a budget to the floor that share.

Well actually -- and he should've done it last year and the year before and the year before that.

And there's no excuse for happening a budget together then maybe not one and wanting to make the tough decisions.

Says house Republicans have been in power that's January 2011 they pass the budget every year on schedule like clockwork.

Only -- even -- a -- on their plans in the senate.

Instead the senate has waited three years to come up with a budget plan in the inner and they keep passing you know these continuing resolutions CRs.

Fifteen of them to be exact a little laws allowing spending to remain as it is in -- -- If any cuts put in place is really kicking down the road -- finance.

So much can be accomplished in three years.

They -- -- lots of things for starters the constitution itself.

The list of lots creating our government and country the most important document in our history.

That took a 116 days to create.

The Washington Times came up with other -- accomplished in less time it took American GI's -- the year to liberate Europe during World War II so.

Some of the country's greatest architectural achievements took less time to build -- the senate budget.

The Empire State Building a skyscraper.

More than 14100 -- talk to -- about fifteen months to build.

And the Pentagon all of the six and a half million square feet of it was -- in sixteen months.

During the years 2008 -- 2009 nearly 657000.

Students.

Earned their MBAs in two years -- some of them should run for congress since they understand the numbers.

-- what the way and one of the most beloved films of all time huge cash cap that is massive sets lavish costumes.

Back in 1939 it took just over nine months to make.

David -- all the world's greatest that's you right there to Michelangelo just under three years to create and that was in the sixteenth century.

Look I have a suspicion even if the senate Democrats do you ever get around to crafting a budget and by their own account they're not even gonna try until after November.

It's not gonna fall under the category of masterpiece OK -- --

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