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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat happened to passing annual budgets?
Why is it that the threat of a government shutdown occurs twice a year for the past decade?
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Congress operates only in "panic mode" these days.
drray23
(7,587 posts)As the gop went further right and the politics became a game of us vs them instead of compromises, we ended up in this situation.
FalloutShelter
(11,750 posts)Rethugs
full stop.
4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)To operate under dRump's budget, thus denying him positive motion in any of his new initiatives to make life better for Americans.
New programs cannot start unless they are funded. Carrying over old budgets keeps them from being instituted.
relayerbob
(6,510 posts)Caliman73
(11,694 posts)Republicans think that it is a winning strategy to hold up the debt ceiling and budgetary process rather than pass regular budgets in the traditional sense.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Samrob
(4,298 posts)Second, get rid of Republicans. They weaponized budgets to their favor.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Yes, get rid of all Republicans.