thing they wanted to do was vote on those two issues before election day. i see both parties trying to pin it on each other. the democrats saw it better aspening it on the republicans rather than be stuck with it. >> you may be right. my view is congress last year passed a budget resolution in february and started passing appropriations bills in the summer and fall. this year, for the first time since 1974 and the passage of the budget act, the failed to live up to it statutory requirement to pass a budget resolution. they were supposed to have done that last february or march. they've not passed a single appropriations bill they left town without passing a budget. we start a new fiscal year tomorrow. we have no appropriations bills. on the tax cut issue, the president has been saying for a year that he only wants to extend part of the bush tax cuts but he's never presented bail to do that.