{"id":10575,"date":"2023-05-01T14:55:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T14:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=10575"},"modified":"2023-05-01T14:55:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T14:55:06","slug":"these-members-of-congress-have-a-revolutionary-idea-write-and-pass-a-budget-the-old-fashioned-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=10575","title":{"rendered":"These Members of Congress Have a Revolutionary Idea: Write and Pass a Budget the Old-Fashioned Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus\u2014made up of 31 Republicans and 32 Democrats\u2014has reportedly crafted a debt limit proposal that calls for Congress to return to so-called regular order for the passage of annual budget bills. That means the dozen appropriation bills that make up the federal budget would go through the full congressional process, including committee hearings and individual votes for each, rather than being rolled together in the massive omnibus packages<\/a> that Congress has relied upon<\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a draft proposal<\/a> from the caucus published<\/a> Wednesday by Axios<\/em>, a return to regular order would be one of several changes the lawmakers in the group would demand as part of a debt ceiling deal. They’re also asking for the creation of a new fiscal commission to make recommendations on stabilizing the federal government’s dangerously high levels of debt, and the adoption of budget controls (similar to those that were in place between 2011 and 2018) to limit future spending increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If those terms are agreed to, the group’s framework would raise the debt ceiling to a level that won’t be reached until after 2025\u2014in other words, until after the next election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On their own, those proposals won’t solve America’s serious fiscal challenges. But they would be a series of good first steps toward taking the mess seriously and would avert the potentially catastrophic debt default that looms over everything in Washington right now.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These Members of Congress Have a Revolutionary Idea: Write and Pass a Budget the Old-Fashioned Way<\/a><\/blockquote>