Politics | congressional Democrats Dems Seek $1T 'Swan Song' Budget Figure less than 1% higher than past year's By Matt Cantor Posted Nov 15, 2010 12:17 PM CST Copied In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) An uproar over spending may have spurred a midterm drubbing for Democrats, but they still aim to push through a $1 trillion budget bill during the lame-duck session that begins today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Washington is currently operating on a temporary budget that expires Dec. 2; Democrats hope to follow it with a budget that maintains current spending. Dems aren’t going to let Republicans follow through on their budgetary goals—to cut domestic programs by $100 billion to bring the budget back to 2008 levels—before the new Congress begins. The 2011 budget they've been working on comes in at $1.108 trillion, the figure Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said he’d back. That’s $20 billion less than what President Obama wanted, but less than 1% more than last year’s budget. Meanwhile, Obama is hoping to encourage GOP cooperation at a White House dinner this week. Read These Next New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Report an error