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Listening to a conference call with my House Rep right now. She's discussing the fact that the House has passed a budget every single year. So half of Congress is getting their budget done. The other half just wants a blank check for a bigger amount each time (oops, I mean "clean CR").
If that's what your House Rep is saying, you're not getting the truth...
This is really not that hard. The Senate passes a budget proposal. The House passes a budget proposal. Then you open inter-cameral negotiation to reach agreement. Except the Republicans have flat-out refused to even enter into negotiation since spring.
If that's what your House Rep is saying, you're not getting the truth...
This is really not that hard. The Senate passes a budget proposal. The House passes a budget proposal. Then you open inter-cameral negotiation to reach agreement. Except the Republicans have flat-out refused to even enter into negotiation since spring.
The Senate won't even pass their own budget proposal most years.
The proposal was to set the funding levels for the various government agencies next year. But because those amounts were set already as part of last year's debt ceiling agreement, this year's budget is really a political document that outlines priorities for the Democrats who control the Senate.
Long ago a budget was sent through congress at the beginning of each physical year.
Then each year, the congress pass what parts of government were funded, with that budget during that year, to keep that budget balanced.
I have no idea why people are so upset with this. You are correct. This is how it's supposed to work. One side doesn't just get their way because they stomp their feet. They have to negotiate and find a compromise.
The proposal was to set the funding levels for the various government agencies next year. But because those amounts were set already as part of last year's debt ceiling agreement, this year's budget is really a political document that outlines priorities for the Democrats who control the Senate.
So - your stance has been modified from "the Senate hasn't put a budget to a vote" to "this budget doesn't count"?
The proposal was to set the funding levels for the various government agencies next year. But because those amounts were set already as part of last year's debt ceiling agreement, this year's budget is really a political document that outlines priorities for the Democrats who control the Senate.
I know, it was just symbolic this year. They really haven't passed one in 5 years. But if you point that out, someone would start screaming they had passed one this year, so I figured I wouldn't bother arguing that. The point is the same, the Dems refuse to pass or operate on a budget.
I have no idea why people are so upset with this. You are correct. This is how it's supposed to work. One side doesn't just get their way because they stomp their feet. They have to negotiate and find a compromise.
They are upset with it because they have been TOLD to be upset with it. If their beloved administration told them to stick their heads in the ground, they'd be out this very moment looking for a nice soft piece of turf with which to do it in.
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I have no idea why people are so upset with this. You are correct. This is how it's supposed to work. One side doesn't just get their way because they stomp their feet. They have to negotiate and find a compromise.
