United States Senate Needs to Do its Job

Statement

In addition to the State of the Union, today marks the 1,000th day since the United States Senate passed a budget, and Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) is urging the Senate to start doing its job.

"It is my hope that tonight the President will address the need for the Senate to do its job and pass a budget," Gardner said. "Colorado families and businesses are facing a mountain of economic uncertainty, and passing a federal budget can help alleviate a degree of that uncertainty. The House has done its job, when will the Senate do theirs?"

In April, the House passed the "Path to Prosperity," a budget that would save trillions of dollars, strengthen and protect Medicare, create nearly 1 million private sector jobs and bring unemployment down to 4 percent by 2015. The Senate ultimately defeated the House budget proposal and has yet to offer one of its own.

The last time the Senate passed a budget was on April 29, 2009. Passing a budget lays out a framework for funding the federal government. Without a budget, planning for the future becomes extremely difficult and getting the nation's debt under control becomes nearly impossible. Gardner hopes that President Obama recognizes the economic perils of not having a budget and joins the call for the Senate to pass one.

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