{"id":7460,"date":"2022-03-13T18:54:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T18:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=7460"},"modified":"2022-03-13T18:54:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T18:54:44","slug":"congresss-short-term-funding-bills-are-a-terrible-way-to-govern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=7460","title":{"rendered":"Congress\u2019s short-term funding bills are a terrible way to govern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;Congress\u2019s dependence on CRs is due to lawmakers\u2019 inability to agree on full-year appropriations bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congress\u2019s actual deadline for passing appropriations legislation is at the end of September each year. Because bills from the previous year expire at that time, lawmakers need to approve a new set of 12 appropriations bills to fund federal agencies and make sure the government doesn\u2019t run out of money. (If the government runs out of money and shuts down, agencies are forced to furlough employees and reduce their services.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Had these bills passed on time, all spending would have been approved last fall. Instead, because Democrats and Republicans couldn\u2019t come to an agreement, they passed a short-term spending bill that gave them a new deadline in December. When they couldn\u2019t reach an agreement then, they passed another short-term spending bill that postponed the deadline to February 18. And because of ongoing conflicts, they\u2019re planning to pass one more short-term spending bill to give them until mid-March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether lawmakers procrastinate again is an open question.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Because Democrats control 50 Senate seats, but need 60 votes to pass the funding bills, members of the minority have leverage over what they\u2019d like to see included.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2022\/2\/17\/22933441\/congress-government-shutdown-continuing-resolution\">https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2022\/2\/17\/22933441\/congress-government-shutdown-continuing-resolution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Congress\u2019s dependence on CRs is due to lawmakers\u2019 inability to agree on full-year appropriations bills.<\/p>\n<p>Congress\u2019s actual deadline for passing appropriations legislation is at the end of September each year. 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