In a surprising turn of events, Rep. Ellsworth has voted against the House version of the proposed national budget. The AP reports:

House Democrats pushed their budget blueprint to passage Thursday, promising a big surplus in five years by allowing tax cuts passed in President Bush's first term to expire.

The plan would award spending increases next year to the Pentagon and domestic programs but defers difficult decisions about unsustainable growth in federal benefit programs such as Medicare.

The 216-210 vote sets up negotiations with the Senate, which last week passed a budget blueprint with spending increases similar to the House plan. The Senate plan would not generate surpluses since it assumes lawmakers will renew the most popular of the tax cuts due to expire at the end of 2010.

Reps. Julia Carson, D-Ind., and Peter Visclosky, D-Ind., were the only Indiana congressional delegation members who voted to pass the bill.
Twelve Democrats, mostly from GOP-leaning states such as Indiana, opposed the budget plan.

The 216-210 roll call is available here. Kudos to Rep. Ellsworth for his first respectable vote of the session. Nevertheless, Ellsworth must still answer for his vote in favor of $6.5 billion in new taxes on American energy producers (a vote which broke a pre-election campaign promise) and $29 billion in earmarked pork spending.