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 Hall of Famer Dave Parker dies That 'buy now, pay later' loan may soon hit your credit score. Mark Zuckerberg's 'list' has Silicon Valley buzzing. Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. Report an error