Congress made history, YIKES!!
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Elizabeth
Oct 14, 2010, 9:58:48 AM10/14/10
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Congress made history, but tomorrow is a mystery!
The 111th Congress made the history books this year. The Pelosi/Reid
lead Congress failed to pass for the first time ever:
--A budget resolution that serves as a blueprint and guideline for
Congressional spending for the year
--A single appropriations bill through both Houses of Congress. These
12 approps. bills, when married together, make up the full funding of
our Federal Government for the year
The History:
The formal Congressional budget process was created in 1974 when
Congress passed the Budget and impoundment act. Every year since then
Congress has passed a budget through one or both Houses of Congress...
Not this year!
The formal appropriations process was created in 1866-67. Every year
since then Congress has passed at least some or all of the
appropriations bills through both Houses of Congress....Not this year!
This Congress has failed to enact some or all of the Bush tax cuts of
2001 and 2003 that are set to expire Dec. 30, 2010. This prompts
payroll admins all over America to start increasing withholding (take
more money from your pay check) to cover the tax increases that result
from failing to extend all or part of the Bush tax cuts.
The Mystery:
Will Congress extend some or all of the Bush tax cuts before year's
end? If so when and how much? This is the mystery that puts many in
America in a state of anxiety.
The 111th Congress made the history books this year. The Pelosi/Reid
lead Congress failed to pass for the first time ever:
--A budget resolution that serves as a blueprint and guideline for
Congressional spending for the year
--A single appropriations bill through both Houses of Congress. These
12 approps. bills, when married together, make up the full funding of
our Federal Government for the year
The History:
The formal Congressional budget process was created in 1974 when
Congress passed the Budget and impoundment act. Every year since then
Congress has passed a budget through one or both Houses of Congress...
Not this year!
The formal appropriations process was created in 1866-67. Every year
since then Congress has passed at least some or all of the
appropriations bills through both Houses of Congress....Not this year!
This Congress has failed to enact some or all of the Bush tax cuts of
2001 and 2003 that are set to expire Dec. 30, 2010. This prompts
payroll admins all over America to start increasing withholding (take
more money from your pay check) to cover the tax increases that result
from failing to extend all or part of the Bush tax cuts.
The Mystery:
Will Congress extend some or all of the Bush tax cuts before year's
end? If so when and how much? This is the mystery that puts many in
America in a state of anxiety.
Ron Letchworth
Oct 15, 2010, 9:03:55 PM10/15/10
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Well said and yes they have let us down this entire Congress. I hope the new Congress doesn't do more of the same. We need to keep their feet to the fire and get back to basics.
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