This is all bull$hit. It’s because Congress puts this off until the last minute in an effort for those writing the bill to cram in their own pet projects. The federal fiscal year used to be 1 July I believe and was changed to 1 October to “allow more time to get the budget completed without a continuing resolution.” All that happened was the people on the budgeting committee had to procrastinate longer to get their leverage.

What’s needed is to stop paying members of Congress AND THEIR STAFFS until a budget - not a continuing resolution but a no $hit BUDGET - is passed and signed into law. That would stop this Kabuki dance in a heartbeat.



https://budgetcounsel.com/cyclopedia...t%2031%20U.S.C.