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Re: President Trump & U.S Election 2016 Investigation
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Originally Posted by Damien
They’ll lose that bill.
Still the Democrats probably lost their nerve, the minority leader was under pressure from Democrats defending their seats in Red states this November, and this at least gives them an out.
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Well, if they don't do it in three weeks, the Dems can say "we kept the Government going, and now the Republicans aren't keeping their promises".
The amusing thing is that the Republicans only need 51 votes in the Senate to pass a Budget Bill, but never put one together, continuing to rely on CRs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconc...tates_Congress)
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Congress passes a budget resolution, with a deadline of April 15. No presidential signature is needed; sometimes the resolution is delayed or never passed.
The budget goes to both houses.
It goes to the Senate with a special rule: it can pass with 51 votes and cannot be filibustered. Other legislation can be filibustered and requires 60 votes to end the filibuster.
The budget cannot affect entitlements such as Medicare unless the budget includes "reconciliation instructions." In that case, the Byrd rule applies and the primary result must be to reduce entitlement spending. Gregg notes, "If the budget calls for more revenue to reduce the deficit, then reconciliation can be used to produce that revenue via fees or taxes." A reconciliation instruction is a provision in a budget resolution directing one or more committees to submit legislation changing existing law in order to bring spending, tax revenues, or the debt ceiling into conformity with the budget resolution. The instructions specify the committees to which they apply, indicate the appropriate dollar changes to be achieved, and usually provide a deadline by which the legislation is to be reported or submitted.
After the changes are made, the Budget Committees consolidate them into one bill that is voted on by both houses; it needs 51 Senate votes.
The final reconciliation covers government spending and goes to the president who can sign it or veto it; the veto can be overturned by a two-thirds majority in both houses.
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Somebody on FB explained it better than I could...
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The government is shut down because it doesn’t have a complete budget.
A budget, and reconciliation of a budget, cannot be filibustered. That includes regular order appropriations — or spending.
We do not have a complete budget with the necessary appropriations.
We do not have a complete budget because the GOP cannot come up with a budget and appropriations it can get a majority of House members and 50 senators to agree on.
This is because the House is controlled by the freedom caucus, and they will not agree to a budget that does not massively reduce spending.
Because the Republicans can’t agree on or pass their own budget and appropriations bills — something they don’t want or need Democrats to do (in fact, they have repeatedly locked Democrats out of meetings) — they are running the government through short term spending bills (continuing resolutions).
Stand-alone spending bills (continuing resolutions, omnibus spending bills, one-time appropriations, etc.) CAN be filibustered. They require 60 votes in the Senate.
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Last edited by Hugh; 22-01-2018 at 20:13.
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