The Party of No

Yesterday, the budget proposed by the House of Representatives was put up for a vote in the Senate. Every Democratic senator (save one, who was absent) voted no. Subsequently, a budget proposed by Senator Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) was put up for a vote. Every Democratic senator voted no. Then a budget proposed by Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) was put up for a vote. Every Democratic senator voted no.

In between, the budget proposed by President Obama was put up for a vote. This, presumably, was the budget that Democratic senators would embrace: the budget of their own party’s sitting president. Instead, every Democratic senator voted no.