IF this bill is CONTINUING spending for another period of time-—ISN’T THAT STILL A SPENDING BILL ?????
I DO NOT SEE A “DIFFERENCE”.
“I DO NOT SEE A “DIFFERENCE”.”
The departments are supposed to be funded in their own bills, so that the people, through their representatives in the legislature, can exercise oversight over the executive departments.
But since 2007 we have been functioning by continuing resolutions, one after another, one emergency to the next, with an insidious intent: that the check of the power of the purse, retained by the House, should be thwarted.
That is why the Senate NEVER passes any funding bills. They dither until September and then force an “emergency” all funding in one bill. The entire government’s funding, in one vote. No committees, no markups, no amendments, no debates, no floor votes, no conference committees, no deals between bodies.
Just ever increasing spending, with no checks to power whatsoever.