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May 17, 2010


When will the Budget be Shown to us?


 

Every year the House Budget Committee starts the budget process by creating the federal budget resolution, which then goes to the House floor for a vote. It is one of the few things that Congress must do every year: it sets the spending framework within which Congress must work that year, and creates a budget picture for years into the future. It is one of the basic responsibilities of Congress, upon which every spending decision is based. You may not have heard, but this year, there is no budget.

 

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