WASHINGTON ― A day after the Trump administration released its budget blueprint and lawmakers essentially deemed the document “dead on arrival,” House Democrats are facing their own budget woes as leaders weigh whether to put their spending roadmap up for a vote on the floor. Budget Chairman John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) told HuffPost on Tuesday that Democrats are still deciding if they’ll place their yet-to-be-released budget on the House floor and potentially put vulnerable members to a tough spot: Vote for a document that Republican challengers could hammer you for, or vote against it and potentially sink Democratic chances of adopting a budget. (Republicans themselves didn’t vote on a budget last year on the floor when they were in the majority, and no one seemed to ever say anything about it.) Part of the reason Democrats are considering not voting on a budget is because budgets don’t become law. Anna Moneymaker/Bloomberg via Getty Images Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), chair of the House Budget Committee, listens during a Tuesday hearing with the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Source: Huffington Post March 12, 2019 22:00 UTC