Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., predicted a flurry of activity in the Senate during the lameduck session, which takes place after the election but before newly-elected officials take office.
“They call it a lame-duck [session], it’ll be a dizzyduck,” Nelson told The Washington Examiner in a phone interview. He said that Senate Democrats will not take up a budget before the November elections, despite the fact that Senate Democrats could pass a budget if just 51 of their 53 incumbents voted in favor of the bill
“Nobody wants to take [tough votes] — well, I’m prepared, not just because I’m not running,” he said. “I’m always prepared to take the difficult votes right now. They’re never better later and we should always be getting things done and not putting them off.”
Nelson added that “that’s not the prevailing view to begin with, and particularly during an election year.”
He argued that Republicans don’t want a budget either. “The other side doesn’t want a budget, they want the issue,” Nelson said. “They think they’re going to get more political play out of the issue than they are a resolution.”
