House and Senate Republicans Differ on Need to Offer Budget Alternative - NYTimes.com

So, House Republicans are dithering while Rome burns and the Senate Republicans are re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?  Or is it the other way around?  Hm.  Trying to sort that out seems likely to be as successful as trying to count the number of angels on a pin. 

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

House and Senate Republicans Differ on Need to Offer Budget Alternative - News Analysis - NYTimes.com:

Congressional Republicans are engaged in a highly coordinated political assault on President Obama’s budget, but they are not so united when it comes to offering an alternative to the spending plan they have been shredding as irresponsible.

Breaking with the House, Senate Republicans say they do not intend to offer a full counterproposal to Mr. Obama’s sweeping $3.6 trillion spending blueprint, a decision that will spare them from outlining potentially painful decisions required to bring federal books more in line with their call to hold down spending, cut taxes and reduce the deficit.