President Obama has not been able to prepare a budget--despite having an entire Office of Management and Budget devoted to the task, and despite knowing the annual deadline.
Gov. Mike Pence is rolling out his spending blueprint for Indiana one day after taking office.
The Pence administration plans to unveil its first budget before a hearing of the State Budget Committee this afternoon.
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Which budget are you talking about, Leo? The president and the OMB proposes a budget, and it has done so every year (the 2013 proposal is a 256-page PDF at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2013/assets/budget.pdf) on time.
But as I said, the president only proposes a budget. It's up to congress to pass the actual budget, which they haven't done in years. When you count the number of bills passed, Truman's "do nothing Congress" was extremely productive in comparison.
Although I agree with Will Rogers. We ought to be glad we don't get all the government we pay for.