Even in the midst of a civil war and daily air strikes by NATO forces, the Libyan Government has succeeded in doing something that Senator Sherrod Brown 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 Brown haven’t even offered a budget proposal, let alone passed one.  Brown’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.

“It speaks volumes that even in the middle of a civil war, the Libyan government has succeeded in doing something that has eluded Senator Brown and his fellow liberal Democrats for almost two years – passing a budget.  And what’s worse, Senator Brown 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 Jahan Wilcox said today.

By The Numbers – Sherrod Brown’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

(“By The Numbers,” Senate Budget Committee, Press Release, 06/06/11)