re: #213 MsJ

Just the way to operate Government, going from one CR to the next CR… Just to keep the lights on.

THIS IS NOW HOW IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.

re: #214 Belafon

I blame Newt.

Don’t worry, Robby Portman to the rescue…that will go nowhere. He’s attempted to get this through 5 times I believe.

Journal-News - Ohio Sen. Rob Portman plans to introduce End Government Shutdowns Act

HAMILTON —
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Cincinnati, will introduce this week his bill that proposes to end government shutdowns.

It’s a bill he’s introduced the past few sessions of Congress that’s received bipartisan support in recent years.

“I don’t like shutdowns, I don’t think they work for anybody,” Portman said to the Journal-News. “Taxpayers end up paying more with regards to shutdowns, because although you shut down parts of government for a while, you still have essential employees that have to come to work, and we always end up having to pay people that didn’t have to come to work.”

The bill says that if a spending bill is not decided by the end of the fiscal year, the government would be funded at the same rate as the previous year, but it’s reduced by 1 percent every few months. Portman’s End Government Shutdowns Act languished in the Senate Appropriations Committee since it was introduced in April 2017.

“What it would really do is to force Congress to do its work earlier and come up with individual spending bills — there are 14 different spending bills we’re supposed to do — that have not only the spending but the reforms of government programs,” Portman said.

…more at the link…