The failure of the US House of Representatives, under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to write a long range budget plan "makes no sense" according to Kent Conrad, the Democratic senator responsible for managing a budget plan in the "Upper House". Thus, David Broder, the venerable Washington Post columnist (I was interviewed by him first in 1962!), points out the irresponsible attitude of the House majority in dealing with the spending issue--regarded by American voters as the most important facing the country.
Do Democrats, with a huge majority in the House, actually think their record will stand scrutiny this fall?
Says Broder, "Of all the times for Congress to abandon its responsibility for long-term fiscal planning, this is the worst."
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