H. Con. Res. 56 would express the sense of Congress that Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President should donate their salaries to the Treasury for reducing the national debt if members of the Armed Forces do not receive pay or allowances because of a shutdown of the Federal Government or because the [...]
Yet another government shutdown looms. At the end of the week, the current “continuing resolution” will run out. The government can’t run without Congress’ authorization to spend money, so House Republicans are negotiating with Senate Democrats and the president about what comes next. In 1995, Republicans took most of the political blame when there was [...]
The government’s impending shutdown—yet another—won’t happen. The latest reports have it that Congress will pass another short-term government funding bill. The bill is H.J. Res. 48. H.J. Res. 48 would fund the government from the time the current temporary spending bill expires on Friday through April 8th. At that time, Congress will have to come [...]
Evidently, a government shutdown is not going to happen—not for a couple of weeks anyway. According to the latest reports, House and Senate leaders have agreed to pass a temporary spending measure that funds the government from this Friday (when the current “continuing resolution” expires) through March 18th. It includes cuts of about $4 billion [...]
Congress extended the USA-PATRIOT Act this past week, but it happened quite differently than originally planned, and a big debate on security and civil liberties will go on for the next three months. A big debate on federal spending has been teed up for the coming weeks. As we discussed here before, the plan was [...]