[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7] [House] [Page 9250] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]FAILURE TO PASS A BUDGET RESOLUTION (Mr. CANTOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.) MR. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, not since 1974, when Richard Nixon resigned from office and Happy Days was the new hit show on ABC, has this House failed to pass a budget resolution. There is no doubt that passing a budget can be hard work. But just because something is hard work doesn't mean you don't have to deal with it. Our constituents did not elect us to make easy decisions; they elected us to make the hard ones. Two weeks ago, House Republicans unveiled the YouCut program. So far, more than 500,000 votes have been cast. Leading the field this week by wide margins, with 40 percent of the votes, is a proposal to eliminate the next round of nonmilitary Federal employee pay raises. As USA Today recently reported, Federal salaries are significantly outpacing their counterparts in the private sector. This vote won't be easy for everyone, but it is exactly the kind of choice we must begin to make to get us off the path towards financial ruin. ____________________