Update: Not Enough Votes In the House - Boehner's Plan B failed first call. No spending cuts, no deal. Original Headline: The GOP is about to vote on a two part "Plan B." The Dems? They have yet to come up with anything needing a vote -- just talk, talk, talk.

This afternoon,  the Boehner plan will actually become a legitimate proposal.  Obama's plan is still in the talk stage. Blame the GOP for "going over the cliff," if you will,  but you should know that the Republicans are the only folks in Washington actually committed to a legislative proposition.  

The Dems?  Like I said,  it is all "talk" with them and nothing,  absolutely nothing more.  So who should get the blame for the "cliff ?"  If you do not think it obvious, especially after reading the following,  there is nothing more that can be said.  See what you think: 

CNN outlines Boehner’s “Plan B” with the following: 

One of the measures would amount to both a concession by Republicans and a hard-line stance against the president on taxes. It would extend tax cuts scheduled to expire at the end of the year for most people while allowing rates to increase to 1990s levels on income over $1 million.

The second proposal would change the automatic spending cuts set to kick in next year under the fiscal cliff, replacing cuts to the military with reductions elsewhere.

You should know that the difference between a serious plan and “blah, blah, blah,”  is a written proposition that has been voted on by either the Senate or the House. 

The vote on Plan B is scheduled to take place this evening (Thursday the 20^th ).  At that point in time,  assuming the proposition passes the House,  the GOP will  have the only proposition on the Hill.  By way of contrast,  all that has come from Obama,  thus far,  is talk.  There is no proposition.  There is no bill.  There is no written statement.  There is no legislation.  

Only the Republicans have presented something of substance,  designed to save the middle class from the “fiscal cliff.” 

After passage,  the House bill will go to the Senate.  Of course,  Hapless Harry has already declared the bill DOA.   Understand he is the leader of the single most “do nothing” Senate in American history.  That’s right.  The 113^th Senate has dealt with the fewest legislative options of any Senate since our nation’s founding.  More than that,  it is the only Senate in American history to refuse so much as a floor discussion for the budget,  four [fiscal] years, running. 

More than the Senate’s budgetary failures,  Obama is the first [Democrat]   president to have all his budget proposals fail in a legislative body ruled by the party of which he is the leader.  Three of his budget propositions failed to garner a single vote,  from either side of the political aisle.  I find that an incredible fact.  His budget proposal failed in the Senate 97 to NOTHING (!!),  and 99 to NOTHING (!!) and in the House,  414 to NOTHING !!    A  fourth proposition was so poorly written,  it was actually rejected by the Congressional Budget Office. 

All of this history goes to the fact that the Dems have failed to be serious about the budget throughout the four years of the Obama Administration. 

Point of post:   stop blaming the GOP.  At least they are putting bills on the table.  The Dems have put nothing on the table.  It has been all talk and that continues to be their strategy.