The democrats gave the repubs over six months to negotiate the budget and they refused.
May 13, 2013
"...It’s been more than two months since the Senate passed a budget. McCain said a “minority of the minority” was obstructing progress on the budget. He said he was “worried about the precedent this sets” because perhaps the House and Senate will never go to conference ever again....<snip>.....
McCain warns GOP: Budget conference obstruction will lead to rule changes - The Hill's Floor Action
June 4, 2013
"....Sen. John McCain is still angry that fellow Republicans are blocking a House-Senate conference on the budget, but he said Tuesday that he’s done with the “fruitless” floor debates.....<snip>....
According to the Senate Budget Committee, Tuesday marked the 12th time since April 23 that a Republican senator had blocked a request to go to conference. And it was not long ago, she noted, that Republicans were the ones chastising Democrats for not passing a budget....."
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John McCain tired of ?fruitless? budget fight - POLITICO.com
July 1, 2013
"....Just a few months ago, Republicans were eager to go to conference, but once they got what they wished for, Republican leadership ran as fast as they could in the other direction. Over the past 100 days, Republican leadership has followed a Tea Party-backed strategy of obstruction, and has offered up excuse after excuse for blocking conference and ignoring regular order.
Democrats aren’t the only ones calling for regular order—many Senate Republicans have tired of their leadership’s delaying tactics.
With a bit more than a month left before August recess, will Senate Republicans stop blocking a bipartisan budget conference and allow the House and Senate to begin bipartisan negotiations—or will they continue to block negotiations until they can manufacture a crisis?
Press Releases & Statements - Press Room - Senate Budget Committee
Republicans Spent Year Blocking Budget Conference (VIDEO)
McCain, Collins Mock GOP Blockade on Budget Conference | The World's Greatest Deliberative Body
Republicans had over six months to negotiate a budget but refused because they didn't want to raise the debt ceiling. But if the house republicans didn't want to raise the debt ceiling then they shouldn't have voted overwhelmingly for appropiation bills that put the budget over the debt ceiling. Thats like running up the credit card and then refusing to pay the bill. Thats not very fiscally responsible, is it?