This is what the Dems have done for Obamas first term so now they are doing what they cry about--time to start a Conservative party to combat the one party that is in control

House Republicans are quietly discussing the option of not writing a budget in 2014, a maneuver that would free up time on the legislative calendar and protect GOP lawmakers from a potentially damaging vote in an election year.

The idea of Republicans skipping this year's budgetary process seems odd when considering the House GOP made history last year by attaching a policy rider called "No Budget, No Pay" to a debt-limit extension. That measure tied lawmakers' salaries to budgets being written in both chambers and paved the way for a budget agreement between House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and Senate Budget Chairwoman Patty Murray.

But unbeknownst to some lawmakers at the time—and still some today—is that "No Budget, No Pay" was a one-year provision. It is now expired. This, combined with the fact that Ryan-Murray set spending figures for the next fiscal year anyhow, has some House Republicans wondering if a budgeting process this year is really necessary.

"There are folks in the Republican Conference who don't want to pass a budget this year," said Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, who disapproves of the idea. Asked to explain his colleagues' reasoning, Mulvaney mimicked: "We've already got a 302A number; why do we need a budget? Ryan-Murray set a number; why would we need to have a budget?"

A senior House GOP leadership aide confirmed there is a push coming from "political types" for House Republicans not to get engaged with a budget this year for fiscal 2015.

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