Washington has been controlled by Democrats for the last 5 years and it’s been a dysfunctional disaster. For nearly 4 years, Harry Reid and his Senate Democrats failed to pass a budget. In fact, it actually took threatening to withhold their pay just to get them to write one this year.

Today we’re paying the price for Washington’s habitual recklessness. We need President Obama and Harry Reid to take our nation’s fiscal challenges seriously. Our national debt is reaching unsustainable levels and crippling our economy’s ability to create jobs. We can’t keep throwing money at failed government programs. We need a budget that grows our economy -- not the government.

Every American family has to budget responsibly, and Washington should too. We need a serious budget that will create jobs, grow our economy, and tackle the debt.

Help us restore fiscal discipline to Washington. Sign the petition today to tell President Obama and Harry Reid to get serious about our nation’s challenges and pass a balanced budget.

Together, we can end the brinkmanship in Washington.

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