They never pass a budget. This is why the debt is over 40 trillion. The GOP is still promoting obamunism. These emergency CRs and stop gap spending bills need to stop Obama has not been president for over a decade.
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Posted on 09/01/2026 11:34:13 AM PDT by DFG
The House voted Tuesday to pass a short-term funding bill and avert a government shutdown at the end of September, keeping money flowing at current levels until Dec. 11.
The legislation, which has already passed the Senate, sailed through the chamber by a vote of 370-48. It now goes to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it.
That would take the biggest legislative item off the to-do list for Congress ahead of the elections Nov. 3, punting stalled negotiations over a full-year funding deal until after the midterms.
The two parties have clashed over the scope of federal spending as Democrats reject Trump’s call for a massive $1.5 trillion military budget, a spike from the already record-breaking $1 trillion that Congress gave the military this year.
Funding the government requires 60 Senate votes to defeat a filibuster, meaning it must have bipartisan support even though Republicans control both chambers and the White House.
House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole, R-Okla., accused Democrats of blocking a deal to weaken politically vulnerable Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee.
“I do want to finish all the bills before the end of the year. Now, whether we can do that or not is another matter,” Cole said, referring to the 12 appropriations bills that fund the government. “We won’t know if we’ll be doing that till after the election.”
The winners of the midterm elections will feel empowered to press their demands in the lame-duck negotiations, knowing that they’ll have more power in the upcoming year.
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Why can’t they do regular order and get a budget passed for the entire fiscal year?
No money in for them. The want to keep the door open for grifting and having a balanced budget amendment would cut into their pockets. Also, would not be able to use the budget issues as an election platform against your opponent.
“No money in for them. The want to keep the door open for grifting and having a balanced budget amendment would cut into their pockets. Also, would not be able to use the budget issues as an election platform against your opponent.”
Whatever is good for the country and the taxpayers is not even in the top twenty list of politician’s priorities.
It wouldn’t matter. Democrats have all the enthusiasm and Republicans will forever play prevent defense and get stomped.
“We promise....Just give us one more election and we PROMISE that we will do something about the deficit spending. How do you expect us to be able to do anything with just the House, Senate, White House and Supreme Court???”
Congress persons and Senators will be best known for increasing the debt.
Arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. STOP SPENDING!
They never pass a budget. This is why the debt is over 40 trillion. The GOP is still promoting obamunism. These emergency CRs and stop gap spending bills need to stop Obama has not been president for over a decade.
Their to stupid.
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