Even in the midst of a civil war and daily air strikes by NATO forces, the Libyan Government has succeeded in doing something that U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and his fellow Senate Democrats have refused to do for 778 days – pass a budget.

Reuters news agency reports that Libya’s government this week approved a $31.4 billion budget for the rest of 2011.

Yet, here in the United States, Senate Democrats like Casey haven’t even offered a budget proposal, let alone passed one.  Casey’s liberal leaders, Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), have said that to do so would be “foolish,” and that Democrats do not have the time to propose a budget.

Notably, as a candidate for Senate in 2006, Casey expressed support for a balanced budget.

“It speaks volumes that even in the middle of a civil war, the Libyan government has succeeded in doing something that has eluded Senator Casey and his fellow liberal Democrats for more than two years – passing a budget.  And what’s worse, Senator Casey and President Obama are now asking Congress to raise the debt limit without any spending reforms and approve another $2 trillion in unchecked spending,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond said today.

By The Numbers – Casey’s Recent Record In the Senate

778:  Days since the Democrat Senate has passed a budget resolution

$3.2 Trillion:  Debt accumulated since a budget was last passed

$7.1 Trillion:  Total federal spending over that time

$413 Billion:  Net interest payments over that time

2024:  Projected year that Medicare will go bankrupt

9.1:  Percent of workforce currently unemployed

22,462,000:  Approximate total number of workers currently unemployed and underemployed

0:  Budget resolutions passed by the Democrat Senate this year

0:  Senate Budget Committee mark-ups scheduled this year

51:  Bills marked up by other Senate Committees this Congress

10.75:  Number of hours spent debating and amending budgets and spending bills in the Democrat Senate

86.3:  Number of hours spent debating and amending budgets and spending bills in the Republican House

(http://budget.senate.gov/republican/pressarchive/2011-06-06ByTheNumbers.pdf)