Vulnerable House Dems wonder: Should we pass Obama's giant new budget?

Going without a budget resolution isn’t unprecedented; Republicans failed to pass a budget through both chambers in 2006, the last year they controlled Congress.

“It’s not clear what the consequences of not doing a resolution is,” said Horney, who now serves as director of federal fiscal policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

“Clearly, it doesn’t make the majority party look good. But if the case is the deficits are going to be too high anyway, they might decide this is the lesser of two evils.”

Another option could be for House Democrats to wait for the Senate to act first.