Bill Signed: H.R. 2617On Thursday, December 29, 2022, the President signed into law:H.R. 2617, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023,” making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes.Thank you to Representative DeLauro, Speaker Pelosi, Senators Leahy and Shelby, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, and many others for their leadership.
House Finally Ready for 118th Congress, Government Spending Cuts Top Priority:https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/house-finally-ready-for-118th-congress-government-spending-cuts-top-priority/https://twitter.com/SpcPlcyOnline/status/1611865394142408706
Quote from: yg1968 on 01/07/2023 10:40 pmHouse Finally Ready for 118th Congress, Government Spending Cuts Top Priority:https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/house-finally-ready-for-118th-congress-government-spending-cuts-top-priority/https://twitter.com/SpcPlcyOnline/status/1611865394142408706I don't expect that shutdowns will happen. Republicans always get blamed for shutdowns (so they try to avoid them) but I would expect CRs. Apparently, the House CRs would be at 98% of the funding of the prior year.Year-long CRs are possible but it doesn't happen very often. It last happened in FY2013 and before that in FY2011 and FY2007. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/20-years-of-congresss-budget-procrastination-in-one-chart/
Quote from: yg1968 on 01/07/2023 10:41 pmQuote from: yg1968 on 01/07/2023 10:40 pmHouse Finally Ready for 118th Congress, Government Spending Cuts Top Priority:https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/house-finally-ready-for-118th-congress-government-spending-cuts-top-priority/https://twitter.com/SpcPlcyOnline/status/1611865394142408706I don't expect that shutdowns will happen. Republicans always get blamed for shutdowns (so they try to avoid them) but I would expect CRs. Apparently, the House CRs would be at 98% of the funding of the prior year.Year-long CRs are possible but it doesn't happen very often. It last happened in FY2013 and before that in FY2011 and FY2007. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/20-years-of-congresss-budget-procrastination-in-one-chart/I totally expect a shutdown. They will want to cut budgets by enormous amounts that will be non-starters in the senate. Just like what happened in 2010. This will be a replay of that.If you listen to what alot of their members say, they are not interested in governing. They will view a government shutdown as a success. Thats a fundamental issue with many republicans nowadays. Take them at their word.
*SNIP to shorten quote thread*You have been predicting shutdowns for a while. Shutdowns rarely happen and when they do, they do not last very long. If the Senate and House can't agree on an omnibus, they usually agree on passing a clean CR. A CR freezes spending at the prior year's amount, so it would accomplish what the Republicans want without shutting down the government. The reason that a year-long CR for FY24 is possible is that I don't expect Democrats to accept freezing spending. So they may settle on a year-long CR instead which isn't ideal.
Quote from: yg1968 on 01/09/2023 02:19 pm*SNIP to shorten quote thread*You have been predicting shutdowns for a while. Shutdowns rarely happen and when they do, they do not last very long. If the Senate and House can't agree on an omnibus, they usually agree on passing a clean CR. A CR freezes spending at the prior year's amount, so it would accomplish what the Republicans want without shutting down the government. The reason that a year-long CR for FY24 is possible is that I don't expect Democrats to accept freezing spending. So they may settle on a year-long CR instead which isn't ideal.There has been 2 in the last 5-6 years - 2018 Jan, and then Dec2018-Jan2019.They also have MUCH larger effects than people realize. When the gov shuts down, everyone gets sent home without pay. How many here would put up with a job where you got sent home and had no idea when you'd get paid again? INCLUDING paid for work you already did? All those NASA engineers who get paid less vs private industry started losing full paychecks. It doesn't take much of that before they leave to private industry where they both get paid more AND have stable paychecks. Government shutdowns of a "few weeks" seriously damage NASA projects.
Quote from: deadman1204 on 01/09/2023 03:41 pmQuote from: yg1968 on 01/09/2023 02:19 pm*SNIP to shorten quote thread*You have been predicting shutdowns for a while. Shutdowns rarely happen and when they do, they do not last very long. If the Senate and House can't agree on an omnibus, they usually agree on passing a clean CR. A CR freezes spending at the prior year's amount, so it would accomplish what the Republicans want without shutting down the government. The reason that a year-long CR for FY24 is possible is that I don't expect Democrats to accept freezing spending. So they may settle on a year-long CR instead which isn't ideal.There has been 2 in the last 5-6 years - 2018 Jan, and then Dec2018-Jan2019.They also have MUCH larger effects than people realize. When the gov shuts down, everyone gets sent home without pay. How many here would put up with a job where you got sent home and had no idea when you'd get paid again? INCLUDING paid for work you already did? All those NASA engineers who get paid less vs private industry started losing full paychecks. It doesn't take much of that before they leave to private industry where they both get paid more AND have stable paychecks. Government shutdowns of a "few weeks" seriously damage NASA projects.Right and both times Republicans took a hit in the polls and decided after that, they weren't doing that again.
Still, again, this should probably be interpreted as what McCarthy is telling House Republicans he’ll do initially, rather than his drop-dead bottom line — though more on this below.For all of these spending topics, the House GOP will not be formally bound in any way by this framework. So if they feel political pain from being blamed for a shutdown or a potential debt default, these promises could go out the window.
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