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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I read that the current Congress has basically decided to leave town without resolving a whole host of budget issues. The government is funded by continuing resolution through early next year, but the next Congress is going to confront budget problems in a relatively quick fashion. Republicans evidently have decided to duck the hard choices and then attack the Democrats for whatever they choose to do. It's just another sign of the irresponsibility of the GOP, and of the reasons that conservatism works better as a way to get elected than as a way to run the country.
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What you read apparently failed to mention that a) continuing resolutions are a long tradition of both parties and b) it is also traditional that, when a CR is in effect, a lame duck Congress and/or President does not seek to finish budget work, but rather leaves it to the next Congress/President to set budget priorities. You think the Rs would have had a hard time passing the budget if the Ds didn't think they had a good chance of taking the election?
