Posted on 01/08/2018 12:33:04 PM PST by pgyanke
Last Spring, I thought President Trump missed an opportunity. As it was said at the time, no president gets to pass a budget on his first year in office--he is stuck with the budget passed by the previous administration in Oct. We saw the end of the existing Continuing Resolution coming last Spring... why weren't we ready?
Now we are approaching the next Spring and we're still talking CRs and government shutdowns...
WHERE'S THE ACTUAL, CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET??!!
Getting a budget passed requires enough votes in the Senate to defeat a filibuster. Since the GOP does not have the votes, they have to bargain and compromise with the Democrats to get a budget passed under regular order. After Trump’s election, the Democrats chose resistance and obstruction, so no budget would be passed under regular order and a continuing resolution was required.
Uh........................it’s RINOs.
As in ..........RINOsRINOsRINOS!
Got it? (Plus a buncha Nevertrumps.)
There is no constitutional requirement for a budget - only that “no Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” A CR is an appropriation - it is an extension of a previous appropriation for a short period of time.
Trump needs to put up a budget the fulfills his agenda and stick to it. A good knock, drag out fight isn’t necessarily bad. Compromise can kill even the best idea.
Arithmetic, rules, and Senate tradition are the problem.
That seems a cop-out. Put forward a budget and let the Dems flounder. So far, I can’t see where a budget was even proposed! Until Obama, we always had a budget. Trump should propose his and let the Dems be the party of “no budgets.”
The President submits his budget on the first Monday in February. For Trump, the upcoming budget will be the first one that he and his appointees are fully responsible for. My guess is that there will be substantial cuts in federal agencies and programs.
Thank you. Seems to me, though, that we should be on his budget as of Oct 1.
Characteristically, that is what happens, more or less, as continuing resolutions evolve. The larger problem is that the lack of regular budgets undermines long term planning in that agencies cannot start the budget year knowing what they will have in funding and for what purposes. This is especially harmful for long term contracting as is common in defense and transportation. The result is that suppliers and builders cannot offer lower prices based on multiyear expectations.
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