It was a great country and western song, but it's no way to run a government. Today's Daily Caller posted an article about the budget blueprint by Democrat Senator Kent Conrad to be released shortly.
Senator Conrad intends to release the budget only minutes before it is marked up in committee. Senator Conrad explained to Senator Jeff Sessions that he was not going to comply with the request of all the Republican members that there be 72 hours between releasing the budget plan and the committee markup.
The article reports:
""There seems to be a belief that we can never finish a budget and reach an agreement in an open process. There's gotta be some secret meeting. Now the vice president's meeting with them, you know, today. Well, why not? When did we get to the point that democracy no longer functions? That open hearings no longer function? People going off to meet at the Blair House or the basement of the Capitol somewhere, without the American people involved, and try to arrange our financial future?" Sessions said."
The markup on the budget put together by Senator Conrad's group could take place as early as Tuesday. How's that transparency thing working out for you?
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