Doomer Doug
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On top of everything else now going on, it looks like the annual "can't pass a Federal Budget On Time," scenario is playing out for the umpteenth time. The Federal Government has been consistently unable, year after year, to pass a unified budget, on time and on budget.
The Federal Government fiscal year runs from October 1st, to September 30th, and has increasingly resembled a series of resolutions lasting from two to six weeks each. The idea is to actually pass a Federal budget that covers the entire year from October 1st, 2019 to September 30th, 2020. Like I said, the Federales haven't passed a full one year budget, ie avoid a "government shutdown," for multiple year now. It is a sign of the endless chaos, the endless corruption and incompetence that the Federales can't even manage to do the one thing, pass a one year budget, that would define a functional government.
I will also point out the total US Federal deficit is now 22 Trillion and change.
The link is here.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-passes-stopgap-spending-bill-delays-potential-shutdown
Senate passes stopgap spending bill, delays potential shutdown
The Senate Thursday overwhelmingly approved a stopgap spending bill, avoiding a government shutdown
The continuing resolution, which passed with a vote of 82 to 15, would maintain congressional spending authorization until Nov. 21, and reauthorize programs that would otherwise have lapsed at the end of September. Congress will be able to use the extra time to try and work out appropriations bills for 2020.
The measure already passed in the House with a 301-123 vote. Three Democratic representatives opposed the bill, and 76 Republicans voted in favor.
President Trump still has to sign the bill into law, but a White House official indicated Monday that he plans on doing so, according to RollCall.
Before the vote, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., proposed an amendment to the bill that would have reduced spending by two percent. That amendment failed after a vote of 73-24.
Paul has long railed against what he believes is unnecessary government spending. In July, he took to the Senate floor to criticize a budget deal that he called the "death of the Tea Party movement in America."
The Federal Government fiscal year runs from October 1st, to September 30th, and has increasingly resembled a series of resolutions lasting from two to six weeks each. The idea is to actually pass a Federal budget that covers the entire year from October 1st, 2019 to September 30th, 2020. Like I said, the Federales haven't passed a full one year budget, ie avoid a "government shutdown," for multiple year now. It is a sign of the endless chaos, the endless corruption and incompetence that the Federales can't even manage to do the one thing, pass a one year budget, that would define a functional government.
I will also point out the total US Federal deficit is now 22 Trillion and change.
The link is here.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-passes-stopgap-spending-bill-delays-potential-shutdown
Senate passes stopgap spending bill, delays potential shutdown
The Senate Thursday overwhelmingly approved a stopgap spending bill, avoiding a government shutdown
The continuing resolution, which passed with a vote of 82 to 15, would maintain congressional spending authorization until Nov. 21, and reauthorize programs that would otherwise have lapsed at the end of September. Congress will be able to use the extra time to try and work out appropriations bills for 2020.
The measure already passed in the House with a 301-123 vote. Three Democratic representatives opposed the bill, and 76 Republicans voted in favor.
President Trump still has to sign the bill into law, but a White House official indicated Monday that he plans on doing so, according to RollCall.
Before the vote, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., proposed an amendment to the bill that would have reduced spending by two percent. That amendment failed after a vote of 73-24.
Paul has long railed against what he believes is unnecessary government spending. In July, he took to the Senate floor to criticize a budget deal that he called the "death of the Tea Party movement in America."
