No. It is a fallacy to call the Senate “Democrat controlled”. In order to get to a vote, bills require 60 votes. Republicans in the Senate have held up more votes than any other Congress by far. In 2009, they held up twice as many votes as during a 20 year period a generation ago. It’s only gotten worse since then. Republicans have effectively held up votes on every substative issue, including budget resolutions. Democrats can’t get a bill passed if they can’t vote.[/quote]
If I start saying that senate republicans have not voted to pass a budget since 2009, it will not be inaccurate.
But that is about as meaningless as saying that Senate has not passed a budget, or house has not passed a budget that is acceptable to senate, or that Obama has not proposed a budget that is acceptable to the house etc.
In reality it takes two (or three) to pass it and if it doesn’t get passed, blame goes everywhere equally.
