Please read both parts (things you should be aware of concerning the shutdown) What is the problem with not funding or changing ACA, Like Social Security or Medicaid, Obamacare or ACA is a permanent entitlement that isnt subject to annual funding by Congress--- they are the law of the land. Republican-tea once again violate their constitutional responsibilities. The president’s budget request starts the process, it is not binding, and then Congress responds. In addition, the administration uses the budget request to introduce new policies, programs or changes they would like to see enacted. The budget document overall runs several thousand pages, including related information, appendices and charts. It is prepared by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which functions as the chief administrative agency of the Office of the President. The OMB scores the program funding and policy changes detailed in the budget request. Both the House and Senate set their own rules for how funding bills are handled, but the impact on federal revenue (known as the “score”) is determined by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO is also responsible for determining the baseline data used to assess the fiscal standing of the government under various criteria. This baseline data is used primarily to project future deficits or surpluses, but also to project the impact of legislation on federal revenues. The most frequently used baseline is a calculation of future federal spending, deficit and debt under the assumption that all current law remains unchanged. It is important to remember that the president’s budget proposal is simply a request. It has no binding authority on Congress and is best understood as a detailed statement by the administration of its fiscal goals and policy preferences. Additionally, as the OMB often produces different scores than the CBO, the budget request often has different numbers than those Congress uses to make its decisions. The funding process is an annual event. Congress is tasked with producing a budget resolution and 12 appropriations bills for each federal fiscal year, which begins on Oct. 1. Other funding legislation, such as emergency funding in response to a natural disaster, frequently occurs outside of the standard process. At the same time, individual members have tried to influence negotiations by holding parts of the budget hostage--whether it’s disaster aid offsets or Planned Parenthood funding. In 2009 alone, the final appropriations bills took longer to pass on average than any other year since 1977, when the modern-day budget rules were first enacted. The first step in the funding process is the creation of a concurrent congressional budget resolution. The budget resolution has one key purpose, which is to set the total level of discretionary funding (known as the “302a allocation”) for the next fiscal year. While the resolution looks at total federal spending over a 10-year window, it is not binding beyond the approaching fiscal year. The budget resolution is both similar to and different from traditional legislation. Like a legislative bill, budget resolutions originate in the relevant committee (in this case, the respective budget committees of each chamber) and must be approved by the whole chamber. Unlike a traditional bill, budget resolutions do not require presidential action and can pass with a simple majority, and the Senate is barred from filibustering votes on these bills. Budget resolutions are supposed to be filed by April 15.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:18:18 +0000
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