If the House took far less vacation time, performed less committee hearings, stalemate on one topic while creating their own gridlock, maybe just maybe they’d be able to get their jobs done in a timely manner instead of the last second midnight voting they’ve become accustomed too (complain about) – PB/TK
House urged to ‘go ugly early’ – By Scott Wong and Mike Illis / May 31 2017
Senior House appropriators are urging GOP leaders to “go ugly early” and pass a massive 2018 spending package before the August recess instead of waiting until the last minute and risk a government shutdown this fall.
The number of must-do items, including extending a popular children’s health benefit program and reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration, are piling up for September, and appropriators want to prevent a deadline crunch — and avoid another stopgap spending bill at Obama-era levels — by expediting the timeline for the spending bills.
“With the known time constraints we’re facing, this is a new idea to make the government-funding process work,” said Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.), who chairs the Appropriations financial services subcommittee and has been making the case for passing an omnibus package before the summer recess.
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