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Democratic senators have again refused to prepare a formal budget to guide spending in 2013, prompting the Senate’s GOP budget chief, Sen. Jeff Sessions, to slam the Democrats’ leadership as irresponsible. (more)

It probably isn’t helpful to have video of you out there calling President Barack Obama “amazing” if running in a competitive race for the U.S. Senate in a red state this year. (more)

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta appeared before the Senate Budget Committee on Tuesday to testify about the president’s budget proposal, which has almost no chance of passing. (more)

Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, with six Republican colleagues, sent a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid Thursday, urging him to unveil the Democrats’ budget proposal. (more)

A growing chorus of Senate Democrats is calling on President Obama to work harder to improve the economy, and some have started to discuss the possibility of a new infrastructure package. (more)

Following the apparent demise of the vaunted “Gang of Six” budget negotiations in the Senate, Democratic Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad said Thursday he still won’t be proposing a budget for “weeks.” (more)

As the bipartisan “Gang of 6″ talks appear to have stalled indefinitely, Senate Republicans are stepping up the pressure on the Democratic majority to produce a budget plan. (more)

Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee, led by Sen. Kent Conrad, are responsible for producing the Senate budget proposal for the next fiscal year. After weeks of talks and missed deadlines, it’s looking increasingly likely that Conrad will wait until the last possible moment to release his proposal. (more)

Days before a likely markup of Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad’s budget blueprint, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee is unloading on the North Dakota chairman, blasting his plan to release the budget only minutes before it is marked up in committee. (more)

Following a preemptive strike by Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee warning Democratic Chairman Kent Conrad against trying to quickly pass his resolution through the panel in a kind of budget blitzkrieg, speculation is growing that Conrad and the so-called “gang of six” might try to skip right over the committee. (more)

Top Budget Committee Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions and his colleagues on the panel are telling Democratic Chairman Kent Conrad not to ram his budget down their throats. (more)

That headline alone is a shocker, since it defies the conventional wisdom (CW) and narrative created by the media and the Internet. (more)

Senate Democrats decided in a closed-door meeting Thursday that a short-term extension of current spending levels would be required to lend more time for negotiations with House Republicans over the budget. (more)

If Washington had grown fuzzy about the razor’s edge the U.S. economy is currently balanced on, it got a bracing reminder Thursday. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., is retiring and his party has a big problem in 2012 — and beyond. (more)

Senator Joe Lieberman called Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday to tell him he is not running for re-election in 2012. That’s actually good news for Democrats. Although the Independent Lieberman is a member of the Democratic caucus, his decision to retire makes it easier for Democrats to hang on to his Connecticut Senate seat. (more)

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad said Tuesday he will not run for re-election in 2012, saying he will concentrate instead on reducing the national debt and dependence on foreign oil. (more)

There was no way that they would fail. Their bonds were rated AAA, they were managed by the chairman of the stock market, they were America’s seventh largest company, and expert accountants confirmed their long-term fiscal viability. But still, AIG, Madoff Investment Securities, Enron, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all went bankrupt. (more)

Repeal of the military’s ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ policy appears to be a lock. With four moderate Senate Republicans planning to vote for repeal, supporters now have 61 votes — more than the majority needed for passage and enough to to prevent a filibuster. But opponents are going into hyper-drive, attempting to stop what now appears to be inevitable. (more)

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint (R) is turning his attention to 2012 and using the vote this week on an earmark moratorium to pick his Democratic targets. (more)