President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the stopgap spending bill into law, averting a shutdown for now and setting up a contentious fight over funding in the new year.
The measure, which passed both chambers with bipartisan support in a major victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson, is an unusual two-step plan that sets up two new shutdown deadlines in January and February.
The plan is not a full-year spending bill and only extends funding until January 19 for priorities including military construction, veterans’ affairs, transportation, housing and the Energy Department. The rest of the government – anything not covered by the first step – will be funded until February 2.
Kicking the can down the road once again.
I will keep saying it- they could fund the government for the next 100 years if they wanted to.
They could separate their budget from legislation. Like just about every other country.
Do they even pass legislation outside of budget omnibusses anymore?
Yes, there’s plenty of stuff that flies through with bipartisan support. It’s almost universally stuff that benefits the rich at the expense of the working class, so (a) that’s why both parties support it and (b) that’s why you don’t hear much about it from the media.
I agree that kicking the can down the road isn’t going to help anything at this juncture, but it isn’t a good idea to fund the government for the next 100 years. The world changes drastically pretty much every year at this point, and funding needs to change with it. We just need actual adults as representatives so it doesn’t take the entire legislative session to do the basic upkeep of our nation.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S8-C12-2/ALDE_00001074/
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 12 –
The government cannot find the military for a term longer than 2 years. While most other functions aren’t mentioned, Congress would still have to pass a funding bill every 2 years anyway.
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If everyone else could work like congress:
Plumber - yup, just keep using that bucket, I’ll come back to snake it in a few months. By the way I’m charging you for my time off.
Surgeon - I think the cancer will hold for a while, we’ll get to it sometime next year.
Teacher - Ok, keep practicing 2x2, we’ll cover 3s when I damn well feel like it.
Taxi/Uber driver - I’m gonna need to stop at my inlaws for Thanksgiving dinner, you’re cool if we keep the meter running, right?
DMV - No change
Police - A slight improvement
At least they got the military covered. What a relief.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the stopgap spending bill into law, averting a shutdown for now and setting up a contentious fight over funding in the new year.
The measure, which passed both chambers with bipartisan support in a major victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson, is an unusual two-step plan that sets up two new shutdown deadlines in January and February.
The plan is not a full-year spending bill and only extends funding until January 19 for priorities including military construction, veterans’ affairs, transportation, housing and the Energy Department.
Democrats have once again conceded aid for Ukraine after additional military assistance wasn’t included in the stopgap bill that passed in September.
Johnson’s plan allows Congress to avoid having to pass a major spending bill before the winter holidays, but the lack of support from members of his own party will set up a leadership test for the recently elected speaker.
His predecessor, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, was ousted after putting the previous stopgap bill on the House floor at the end of September, though the move averted a shutdown.
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