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Once again, we have a continuing resolution instead of a budget.
So...a few questions:
1. Is anybody bothered by the fact that our Congress hasn't devised and passed a budget in almost 10 years?
2. Is it actually a "bad thing" that Congress hasn't passed a budget in almost 10 years?
3. Should Trump demand that Congress pass a budget in September? Should he even go so far as to let the government shut down until they do?
My answers:
1. Yes. I am VERY bothered.
2. Yes. Congress is shirking their most important responsibility.
3. I think he should. I think he should make it VERY clear that he won't allow them to continue kicking the can. He should tell them to send him a budget that he'll sign or suggest they just go home because they are not doing their job.
Earlier today President Donald Trump signed HR244 into law. The provisional spending bill that funds government through September 30th, the end of fiscal year 2017.
The basic principle the entire professional political class seem to overlook is the reasoning for the CR itself. Congress has been unable to fulfill its budgetary obligation since 2007.
In fact, the last federal budget (fiscal year ’08) was signed into law in September of 2007. By the conclusion of this CR it will have been an entire decade without a federal budget.
Perspective: ♦ Over half of all elected federal politicians have never held elected office in any year with a federal budget in place. ♦ Almost two-thirds of Republicans in congress have never known a federal budget for a single day in office.
THAT FACT should be the target of the ire from all Americans, particularly conservatives. However, hypocritically, it is not.
https://theconservativetreehouse.co...-the-continuing-spending-resolution-into-law/
So...a few questions:
1. Is anybody bothered by the fact that our Congress hasn't devised and passed a budget in almost 10 years?
2. Is it actually a "bad thing" that Congress hasn't passed a budget in almost 10 years?
3. Should Trump demand that Congress pass a budget in September? Should he even go so far as to let the government shut down until they do?
My answers:
1. Yes. I am VERY bothered.
2. Yes. Congress is shirking their most important responsibility.
3. I think he should. I think he should make it VERY clear that he won't allow them to continue kicking the can. He should tell them to send him a budget that he'll sign or suggest they just go home because they are not doing their job.