Senate Democrats say they will oblige GOP calls to pass budget, warn it will include taxes

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4. I've wondered that too

I suppose what happens is that the Senate will submit its idea of a budget to the House (presumably meaning it is something the Senate would pass,) and the house writes the actual bill using that as a guideline.

Of course, "since 2009," all this really means is that adults send the budget to the romper room where the children write silly faces on it with their crayons, likely including the requisite racial cartoons and epithets, and send it back. That's what passes for governing in the era of the 'baggers.