Why should democrats even have a say in this? They have not put anything on paper regarding a budget in over 800 days......
The senate and the president will have a say in this. The House will do what the teaparty wants them to do and America will object and say so at the voting booth.
What name comes to mind when the stock market crash in 1929 and the great depression in the 30's is mentioned? The Speaker of the House, the Senate Majority leader or President Herbert Hoover?