Originally Posted by
Excargodog
You know, the government fiscal year was changed from 1July to to 1 October some time back in the 70s to give Congress an extra 3 months to get the budget done. Maybe we ought to keep it in session and compel attendance from August until they actually do get a budget passed for the next FY. Perhaps keeping them in DC while their political opponents were free to campaign at home unopposedwould give them incentive to fo their jobs more promptly. It’s not like they aren’t going to have to pass a budget eventually
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the partial federal government shutdown enters its third week in the U.S., Americans’ approval rating of Congress has declined by 11 percentage points to 15%, similar to approval a year ago. Nearly four in five U.S. adults, 79%, now disapprove.
This seems reasonable. They don't get paid and they get locked in the chamber until they pass all appropriations bills. Sadly since they make the laws instead of us, I think we'll just keep passing CRs instead of real budgets until the dollar loses the last 2% of it's value (since 1913.)