Howard Dean and Lindsey Graham interview on CBS' Face the Nation

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Run time: 09:32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Zn__xh024   Posted on YouTube: August 07, 2011 By YouTube Member: CBS Views on YouTube: 99   Posted on DU: August 08, 2011 By DU Member: alp227 Views on DU: 2625

 
Bob Schieffer spoke with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Gov. Howard Dean (D-Va.) on the bipartisan efforts needed to resolve the issues that lead to Standard and Poor's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating.

Summary, Transcript

At 8:30 mark, Graham and Dean got into a heated exchange regarding Graham's claim that Senate Democrats never proposed their own budget.

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1. can not watch or listen to lindsey spew more lies - ridiculous -

we will have to go bankrupt first - war of the roses here -

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2. Look to your own state, Lindsey!

SC is one of the poorest and least educated states in the entire nation. Why? GOP control for decades upon decades. Graham, get your own state in order before you dare to speak of economic polices! We don't want the entire country to be an SC!!!

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3. Welcome to DU!

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4. Lindsay Graham is wrong to expect the Senate to produce

a budget. The budget is supposed to originate in the House and then go to the Senate. The Senate does not produce the budget. The House needs to look at the budget again and come up with a new proposal if the one they proposed was not passed.

US Constitution

Article 1 - The Legislative Branch
Section 7 - Revenue Bills, Legislative Process, Presidential Veto
. . . .

All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A1Sec7.html

This is a cheap trick on the part of Lindsay Graham. He is a lawyer. Dean is not. Lindsay should know the US Constitution better than to say the Senate should propose a budget. Since the budget involves revenue (and that is the part the House has apparently failed to propose), it is strictly the fault of the House that we do not have a balanced budget. The House has to propose a budget that the Senate is willing to pass. It takes some compromise and working together, but the president and the Senate can only weigh in.

Obama took on far more responsibility for this budget mess than he should have.

Obama has the bully pulpit and can use it to advocate for a certain general type of budget, but he should not be proposing the budget. That is Boehner's job. If Boehner refuses to do his job, Obama should not pull him out of the ditch.