Thompson Only Member of Delegation to Vote For Obama’s Budget- Again

Once again, Democrats passed their 2010 budget without a single vote in either the House or Senate from the GOP side. Interestingly, Arlen Specter, the newest Senate Democrat, also voted against the budget.

As for Mississippi, Rep. Bennie Thompson was the only member of the six-man delegation to support the bill. Representatives Taylor and Childers were joined by 15 other House Democrats in opposition to the bill.

You can see the Senate roll call vote here and the roll call vote for the House here.

Sen. Wicker, who along with Sen. Cochran, took some heat for supporting the omnibus spending bill earlier this year, released this statement after voting against this bill:

“On the heels of trillions of dollars of spending on the Wall Street bailout and bloated stimulus bills – measures I strongly opposed – this budget fails to make the hard choices necessary to get runaway spending under control. Instead, it lays the groundwork for a staggering $1.5 trillion tax increase – the largest tax hike in history.

“This massive tax increase is still not enough to cover the cost of spending increases called for in this budget, resulting in more borrowing and a crushing amount of new debt. This budget doubles the national debt in five years and triples it in 10 years.

“Of all the difficult decisions this budget fails to make, the most glaring is its neglect to address entitlement reform. Spending for programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is on an unsustainable path, posing a very serious threat to our entire economy.

“Families across Mississippi sit around their kitchen tables and are forced to make difficult choices in order to make their budgets work. The federal government should have to do the same. This budget fails to do so, and I could not support it.”