They Voted For You: Federal Spending

U.S. Reps. Alan Mollohan, D-1st, and Nick Rahall, D-3rd, helped President Obama mark his 100th day this week "by advancing "a $3.4 trillion federal budget for next year - a third of it borrowed - that prevents Republicans from blocking his proposed trillion-dollar expansion of government-provided health care over the next decade," The Associated Press reports.

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-2nd, voted along with every other House GOP member against the budget bill. The 233-193 roll call also include 17 Democrats opposing the measure.

U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., also voted against the bill, in a 53-43 roll call that again saw no Republican member support the legislation. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., did not vote.

"Wednesday's House and Senate votes to adopt the nonbinding budget blueprint were only a first step toward Obama's goal of providing health care coverage for all Americans," AP reports. "The budget plan for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 sets the parameters for subsequent tax and spending bills expected to boost clean energy programs and student aid and extend many of former President George W. Bush's tax cuts."