Why do Republicans Hate the Constitution So Much?

Why is it that the Republicans hate the Constitution so much? Eric Cantor recently aunnoced that the House is going to pass a budget and it will become the "law of the land" even if it never passes the Senate! No, I am not making this up... House Republicans will take another symbolic shot at forcing the Senate’s hand in the budget battle by passing a bill Friday that they characterized as another... [more]

Why is it that the Republicans hate the Constitution so much? Eric Cantor recently aunnoced that the House is going to pass a budget and it will become the "law of the land" even if it never passes the Senate! No, I am not making this up... House Republicans will take another symbolic shot at forcing the Senate’s hand in the budget battle by passing a bill Friday that they characterized as another attempt to avert a government shutdown. Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Wednesday Republicans would pass legislation decreeing that, absent Senate passage of a budget bill by the April 8 deadline, the measure approved by the House in February would become “the law of the land.” http://www.dailykos.com/ Ah, no. That's sort of not how government works. You see, the problem with passing legislation in the House decreeing that, absent Senate passage of a budget bill (and no, it's not really a budget bill, it's an appropriations bill, but everybody's using that shorthand) by the April 8 deadline, the measure approved by the House in February would become "the law of the land" is that the legislation decreeing that would have to be... passed by the Senate. And that's what makes the legislation "symbolic." Although I don't think it was supposed to be symbolic of the fact that Republicans don't know how this stuff works. [less]