The Senate Democrats’ budget chair also chimed in, issuing a statement that was critical not only of the H.R. I wouldn’t expect Ferguson or Democrat budget leaders to acknowledge their roles in inflating state spending to an unsustainable level. When federal tariffs were first unveiled in early April, Democrats had already taken their first vote against the Senate Republicans’ no-new-taxes, no-cuts-to-services “$ave Washington” budget. On top of all that, no one can declare with any certainty how our state’s budget may be affected by the H.R. As the majority party, Democrats alone are accountable for the decisions that have done the most to put the state budget at risk of collapsing.