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> That's a matter of months, not years. That sounds convincing until you realize we're already on a cr from December [0] which created the same fictional premi
by ty6853 2y ago
> That's a matter of months, not years.
That sounds convincing until you realize we're already on a cr from December [0] which created the same fictional premise.
>t's an emergency measure to be used while they set about setting a real budget.
Except they just sat on their hands for months, clearly no emergency, now theyre saying 'yes ditto, much emergency, 6 more months of same.'
[0] https://www.naco.org/news/us-congress-passes-continuing-resolution-fund-government-until-march-14-2025 https://www.naco.org/news/us-congress-passes-continuing-reso...
- jfengel 2y agoYes, the last Congress very much whiffed its chance to make a budget. The December CR was political: let the new Congress make do it. It's no surprise that it takes longer than two months. It would be perfectly reasonable to just pass an actual budget, rather than a CR, that continues last year's priorities. The next budget cycle starts in September; make a real budget for the current Congress' priorities then. A less-incompetent 2025/2026 Congress would indeed have arrived in January with a worked-out plan. Certainly the administration did. I think they were waiting to see how well that plan worked, and are surprised that it has been so effective.