From the perspective of someone who live in a Westminster-style democracy this is made especially bizarre by virtue of the fact that failing to be able to pass

From the perspective of someone who live in a Westminster-style democracy this is made especially bizarre by virtue of the fact that failing to be able to pass a budget bill results in new elections[1]. If you're going to block the budget, you'd better be damned confident that voters agree with you. [1] I suppose technically it results in the head of state inviting other political partites to form a government, and then calling elections when they can't.