[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11222]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 NATIONAL MEDIA REVEAL DOUBLE STANDARD

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in 2006, the current House majority 
leader said enacting a budget was ``the most basic responsibility of 
governing.''
  Now he says that the Democratic majority will not even pass a budget 
this year. The House has passed a budget every year since the Budget 
Act became law in 1974. If House Republicans had failed to pass a 
budget during an economic crisis such as this, it would be the lead 
story on every network news program and the lead editorial in every 
newspaper.
  Instead, the national media have collectively yawned and have given 
the Democrats a free pass. The Democratic majority doesn't want to pass 
a budget because it will expose their run-away spending.
  Americans want Congress to pass a responsible budget that will get 
government spending under control and reduce the national debt.

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