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Harry Reid is promising that there will be no budget again this year for the third year in a row. That is against the law. The House will again produce a budget but Reid will not let it get voted on in the Senate so it will stall there like the other 28 bills to improve our economy.
Of course the democrats will not impeach him so the Republicans must take over the senate to get him out of power. That is the only way to get rid of the gut causing the gridlock in Congress.
Harry Reid is promising that there will be no budget again this year for the third year in a row. That is against the law. The House will again produce a budget but Reid will not let it get voted on in the Senate so it will stall there like the other 28 bills to improve our economy.
Of course the democrats will not impeach him so the Republicans must take over the senate to get him out of power. That is the only way to get rid of the gut causing the gridlock in Congress.
I definitely agree. Three years with no budget is three years too long.
"The actual appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 had to be authorized by the full Congress before it could take effect, according to the United States budget process., The budget did not pass by the September 30 deadline, and the government was funded by a series of seven continuing resolutions continuing funding at or near 2010 levels.
"A Continuing Resolution was signed."
A continuing resolution is a type of appropriationslegislation used by the United States Congress to fund government agencies if a formal appropriations bill has not been signed into law by the end of the Congressional fiscal year. The legislation takes the form of a joint resolution, and provides funding for existing federal programs at current or reduced levels.
Some of us know the difference between a formal appropriations bill and a continuing resolution.
Last edited by Quick Enough; 02-18-2012 at 02:25 PM..
Operating the government on continuing resolutions is NOT submitting a budget as required by law.
"The Senate Appropriations Committee is the largest committee in the U.S. Senate, with 30 members at the end of the 111th Congress. Its role is defined by the U.S. Constitution, which requires "appropriations made by law" prior to the expenditure of any money from the Treasury, and is therefore one of the most powerful committees in the Senate.[1] The committee was first organized on March 6, 1867, when power over appropriations was taken out of the hands of the Finance Committee.[2]"
As noted in the report by CNSNews.com, "the last time the Senate passed a budget was on Apr. 29, 2009."
The federal government has since been operating on funds approved through a series of continuing resolutions (CR), raises in the debt ceiling, and several appropriations bills. The last CR was passed in mid-December 2011, by both the House and Senate, and signed by President Barack Obama.
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