Editor,
The blame game continues. While public opinion clearly shows that the majority of Americans blame Congress, not the president, for the soon-to-launch sequester, GOP leaders are putting the blame on Obama’s shoulders. They are even referring to the sequester as “his” sequester. Once again, members of Congress, particularly House Republicans, have amnesia. The president did not enact the sequestration provision, Congress did. They voted to enact the provision as a way to force themselves to take action on the deficit.
Now is the time for Congress to do their constitutional duty to pass a budget and send it to the president. They seem to believe it’s the president’s responsibility to send them a budget they can pass. The Constitution mandates just the opposite. It is the responsibility of Congress to pass and send to the president a budget that he can sign.
As the Senate and House Republicans once again try to blame all of the nation’s fiscal problems on the president, they should take heed and remember that there is a midterm election next year, and public opinion will dictate the results of that election.
Jeffrey Paul
Daily Lobo reader
