Still No Budget March 18, 2009

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DNC WEB AD: Still No Budget

OPENING GRAPHIC: John Boehner Responds to President Obamas Budget:

BOEHNER: Families and small businesses across America are hurting, and they're counting on both parties in Washington to provide real solutions to help create jobs and end this recession. Mr. President, you've submitted your budget. [Video By House Minority Leader John Boehner, 3/18/09: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2jegTSFZtk]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS): [W]ill you have a budget and are you worried about that attack?

MCCONNELL: No, we, we are going to offer a number of amendments to the Democratic proposal.

STEPHANOPOULOS: But no comprehensive budget? [ABC This Week, 3/15/09]

BOEHNER: Our alternative, which is being drafted as we speak by Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and others [Video By House Minority Leader John Boehner, 3/18/09: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2jegTSFZtk]

GRAPHIC: Republican Lawmakers Ought to Get the Idea Out of their Minds That They are Legislators. Rep. Boehner [New York Times, 3/14/09: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/us/politics/14budget.html]

GRAPHIC: We are no Longer Legislators Rep. John Boehner [Slate, 2/26/09]

CLOSING GRAPHIC: Republicans: Still No Budget. Still No Plan. Still No Ideas. Still The Party of No