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Why don't they use the Canadian National Research Council bulletin? http://time5.nrc.ca/timefreq/bulletin_tf-b.html http://time5.nrc.ca/timefreq/bulletin_tf-b.

by DKnoll 8y ago

Why don't they use the Canadian National Research Council bulletin? http://time5.nrc.ca/timefreq/bulletin_tf-b.html http://time5.nrc.ca/timefreq/bulletin_tf-b.html In Canada if a budget isn't passed it triggers an election. We don't have government shutdowns.

intopieces 8y ago
I like this idea a lot. I think the US, we like elections to come in certain cycles to give the incumbents enough time to actually accomplish something, but I have always admired the parliamentary system where you can call an election at various points. I think the US Constitution either explicitly precludes this kind of system or could be construed to preclude it.
- slededit 8y ago
  It’s been abused a lot to call elections when advantageous for the incumbent. A decade old law made for more regular term durations but there are still loopholes for the ruling party to unilaterally declare elections. Failure to pass a budget is an automatic no confidence vote still which I think works very well.
sintaxi 8y ago
No need. House seats are up for election every two years for this reason.
- DKnoll 8y ago
  I guess the US government will reopen in 2020 then.
vhold 8y ago
If you do, you probably should use https. https://time5.nrc.ca/timefreq/bulletin_tf-b.html https://time5.nrc.ca/timefreq/bulletin_tf-b.html There's probably some really weird MITM attack possibilities here if people have automated systems fetching and using these files. Also, following the link from the article, it would seem the US government's official source is unencrypted FTP?
- DKnoll 8y ago
  Yes very true. In fact the NRC should probably set up an HTTPS redirect and HSTS.
belorn 8y ago
An other method to get a budget passed is to allow any representative to submit a budget and let which ever budget has most votes pass. That is what Sweden use.
- JetSpiegel 8y ago
  Portugal just uses the budget from the last year unchanged.

by DKnoll 8y ago

intopieces 8y ago

I like this idea a lot. I think the US, we like elections to come in certain cycles to give the incumbents enough time to actually accomplish something, but I have always admired the parliamentary system where you can call an election at various points. I think the US Constitution either explicitly precludes this kind of system or could be construed to preclude it.

slededit 8y ago
It’s been abused a lot to call elections when advantageous for the incumbent. A decade old law made for more regular term durations but there are still loopholes for the ruling party to unilaterally declare elections. Failure to pass a budget is an automatic no confidence vote still which I think works very well.

sintaxi 8y ago

No need. House seats are up for election every two years for this reason.

DKnoll 8y ago
I guess the US government will reopen in 2020 then.

vhold 8y ago

If you do, you probably should use https. https://time5.nrc.ca/timefreq/bulletin_tf-b.html https://time5.nrc.ca/timefreq/bulletin_tf-b.html There's probably some really weird MITM attack possibilities here if people have automated systems fetching and using these files. Also, following the link from the article, it would seem the US government's official source is unencrypted FTP?

DKnoll 8y ago
Yes very true. In fact the NRC should probably set up an HTTPS redirect and HSTS.

belorn 8y ago

An other method to get a budget passed is to allow any representative to submit a budget and let which ever budget has most votes pass. That is what Sweden use.

JetSpiegel 8y ago
Portugal just uses the budget from the last year unchanged.