Sen. Hatch showed some respect for Progressive budget - because the caucus had balls

Democrats made a huge mistake in ignoring the progressive budget.

Sanders, Ellison, Grijalva, etc...know how to take a stand. Obama and other Dems didn't seem to notice, but some republicans did. Had Dems started with this budget and let the caucus show them how to fight, we'd be in a much better place today.....I would love to see the caucus become the "new Democrats".

Amid the bashing of democrats on Sen. Hatch's website are these comments in his press releases: (It's more than my senators and rep (who voted NO) ever said.)

“What budget would the majority of Senate Democrats support if they could? It is the House
Progressive Caucus’ budget — an intellectually honest presentation of the liberal fiscal policy position...... The Progressive Caucus budget is real and it is ambitious. It is also politically risky. Like the House budget developed by Chairman Ryan, it took political courage. It’s a statement of policy principles and numbers.”

“The House Progressives aim to balance the budget by 2021. They aim to reduce public debt as a percentage of GDP to 64.1 percent by 2021. They aim for both taxes and spending to grow significantly but to equal 22.3 percent of GDP by 2021. House Progressives advocate a fulsome growth in the role of the federal government, with new domestic spending rising by $1.7 trillion.

And how do they propose to pay for all this? While Senate Democrats play hide-the-ball on this issue, the House Progressives are refreshingly frank. The short answer is tax hikes and cuts in defense spending. They propose $4 trillion in new taxes.”

introduce it, but it wasn't allowed further consideration as per the house speaker.

Democrats 77 Yes 108 No
Republicans all No