The Truth About The Federal Budgets from Jamie Dupree

From WSB: As President Obama failed this week to send Congress a budget on time for the fourth time in five years, it prompted another round of finger pointing in political circles over who is to blame for the lack of action on the budget in Washington.
The answer is - both parties.
That is not a popular answer, because most people want to believe that their party does a much better job of getting the work of the nation done, and that the other party is to blame for just about everything.
But the numbers and the facts show something different.
Some examples:
Republicans have complained bitterly in recent years about how Democrats in the Senate have not acted on the "budget resolution," a non-binding document that is supposed to be approved by April 15, which sets out the framework for the budget.
The last time Senate Democrats passed that resolution was in 2009, which was the last time that the House and Senate approved a joint budget resolution.
In fact, only six times since 1976 has the Congress approved a final budget resolution by the April 15 deadline. 6 of 36. That's 16.67% of the time.
Just three times since 1974 has the Congress approved all of its budget bills by the October 1 deadline, when the new fiscal year begins.
The last time that deadline was met was in 1994, when Democrats rushed the budget through the Congress, hoping to get home fast to campaign before the mid-term elections (it didn't work out well for the Democrats.)
Last year, the House passed 7 of the 12 budget bills; the Senate approved none.
Go back to 2008 when the Democrats ran the show, and no budget bills were approved by either the House or Senate.
Rewind to 2006 when the Republicans were in charge, and only three budget bills were approved by the Congress.
Both times, the majority of that budget work was booted into the next calendar year.  http://www.wsbradio.com/weblogs/jamie-dupree/2013/feb/05/washington-dc-budget-dysfunction-continues/
Both parties are pretty pathetic when it comes to budget.  They both overspend and they both rarely follow the law.
In Nevada, there is an independent board that tells legislators and the governor how much money they can spend.  The legislators and governor cannot go over that amount without cuts or raising taxes.
Maybe this what we should do with the Federal Government.