[Hoot Gibson]

But, Boner and his guys are refusing to pass a budget right now.

It appears that you are not following this issue very closely. I am torn between ridiculing you for your ignorance and giving you a straight response.

As I have already pointed out, Republicans in the House passed a budget on April 15. What is being debated is whether to raise the debt limit, which allows Obama to borrow money to meet the government's obligations.

Given the extremely wasteful spending that Democrats have done since Obama took office and the resulting soaring budget deficits, Republicans have taken the position that federal spending must be cut in exchange for them authorizing more borrowing. They passed such a resolution last week but it was tabled by the Senate.

As Boehner explained to our Constitutional Scholar-in-Chief, it is Congress's job to pass legislation and his job to decide what to sign. The House of Representatives has done its Constitutionally mandated job but the Senate is stonewalling on this issue.

All spending bills must originate in the House of Representatives. What is currently being debated is not spending, it is borrowing money to pay for spending that has been previously authorized. Congress must approve borrowing money, and Republicans are insisting that Obama and the Democrats agree to cut future spending in exchange for their authorization to increase the national debt. Democrats do not have the votes to authorize increasing the national debt and when they did have the votes, they did nothing but bust budgets and shatter spending records.

In other words, you are mixing apples with oranges again. The US Senate continues to be in violation of the law requiring it to pass an annual budget resolution and they are violating the law for what Harry Reid has admitted to be purely political reasons.