Shutdown Facts

Can we boil out ALL of  the spin, and partisan posturing for a moment?

We are in a partial(17%) government shut down for one Reason. The government failed to pass a budget, in accordance with the law(their 5th years failing to do so) and now  must pass a continuing resolution.

Here are the facts:

Every year the President has passed his budget resolution, Not  by the February deadline, but he did it nonetheless. The House has passed their  budget. And every year the Senate has failed to even write a budget let alone pass one. Harry Reid has said it would be "stupid" for them to do so. This is a violation of federal law. The President has failed to get a single vote for any of his budgets so odious were they, not even one democrat vote.

So we arrive in Sept. needing a CR to  continue. The House passed 6 of them. The Senate refused to  consider any. Then the House passed piecemeal bills  to fund the Democrats complaints while negotiating over the larger issues. The Senate refused to address them. The President has said he will not negotiate. Oh, I'm sorry, he WILL negotiate with Assad, Putin, Rouhani, Kim Jong, but NOT with the House.

So, if you strip away all the positioning and look solely at the law and the facts, the House which the president and his party have branded "terrorists" "Jihadists" "bomb throwers" "Hostage takers" "no different from the slave owners" are the ONLY  branch of government that has done its job. While the President has attempted to use the shut down for political purposes, Armed guards turning away Vets from open air memorials, Closing the OCEAN, they are kidding, right?, telling the park service to make it as painful as possible for the people.

THIS is what my loony lefty friends choose to defend?