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Obama budget fails 414-0 as Democrats bail

March 28, 2012
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In a rare show of unanimous bipartisanship, House Democrats and Republicans united in their opposition to President Obama's 2013 budget, which failed tonight with 414 votes against and zero in favor of the budget.

Such opposites as Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Michelle Bachmann joined each other in voting against the bill, but the White House preemptively dismissed the tally.

"But let’s be very clear: A vote on Congressman Mulvaney’s resolution is not a vote on the president’s budget," said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage in a statement today. "This is just a gimmick the Republicans are putting forward to distract from what the Ryan budget does: protects massive tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires while making the middle class and seniors pay." Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., introduced the president's budget in order to draw a vote.

Last year, the Senate voted 97-0 against President Obama's 2012 budget.

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