The Constitution requires agreement between the House and the Senate and (absent the override of a veto) the President for any federal funds to be appropriated.
The Republicans are proposing to pass bills to provide funding for individual Departments and other designated operations of the Federal Government so as to provide funding, f'rinstance, to open national parklands to the public, to provide services for military personnel and veterans, to allow the District of Columbia to resume government operations, and to provide heathcare for kids with cancer, . . . with more to follow.
This is entirely Constitutional.
In fact, individual appropriations bills for departments, etc., used to be the norm. Until huge all-inclusive Bills materialized because the Houses of Congress started delaying things as long as they could [DonDiego supposes to stuff in more pork], . . . . and passing necessary legislation right before year-end, . . . fiscal year-end, . . . all at once [to hide the pork within the massive legislative package].
Even the Bill presently in suspension, containing the delay in Obamacare, isn't an Appropriations Bill. It's a "Continuing Resolution" authorizing Government expenditures at last years rate, because Congress hasn't figured out a budget for the year-already-started on Sunday.
The authors of the Constitution designed the document so that different elements of the Government could exercise checks over other elements. They were aware of the possibility of legislative gridlock; they provided no specific solution.
DonDiego suspects the Members of Congress and the Chief Executive will eventually work things out. But employing terms like "terrorist" against those with whom one disagrees is not likely to speed things up.
Oh, . . . and poor old DonDiego doesn't enjoy being told what he thinks or "has lost sight of". He'd much prefer a discussion of the facts with everyone stating what they think so readers know it is, indeed, what they think. DonDiego supposes no one likes to be told what they think; it's pretty much a lazy and meaningless argument.
The Republicans are proposing to pass bills to provide funding for individual Departments and other designated operations of the Federal Government so as to provide funding, f'rinstance, to open national parklands to the public, to provide services for military personnel and veterans, to allow the District of Columbia to resume government operations, and to provide heathcare for kids with cancer, . . . with more to follow.
This is entirely Constitutional.
In fact, individual appropriations bills for departments, etc., used to be the norm. Until huge all-inclusive Bills materialized because the Houses of Congress started delaying things as long as they could [DonDiego supposes to stuff in more pork], . . . . and passing necessary legislation right before year-end, . . . fiscal year-end, . . . all at once [to hide the pork within the massive legislative package].
Even the Bill presently in suspension, containing the delay in Obamacare, isn't an Appropriations Bill. It's a "Continuing Resolution" authorizing Government expenditures at last years rate, because Congress hasn't figured out a budget for the year-already-started on Sunday.
The authors of the Constitution designed the document so that different elements of the Government could exercise checks over other elements. They were aware of the possibility of legislative gridlock; they provided no specific solution.
DonDiego suspects the Members of Congress and the Chief Executive will eventually work things out. But employing terms like "terrorist" against those with whom one disagrees is not likely to speed things up.
Oh, . . . and poor old DonDiego doesn't enjoy being told what he thinks or "has lost sight of". He'd much prefer a discussion of the facts with everyone stating what they think so readers know it is, indeed, what they think. DonDiego supposes no one likes to be told what they think; it's pretty much a lazy and meaningless argument.
