This morning, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a pretty long markup about KOSA, COPPA 2.0, and other bills. The quick summary is that both of those bills passed out of committee and cou…
    • 667@lemmy.radioEnglish
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      2 months ago

      They intentionally hold it hostage for compromises on other things we don’t actually want.

      The budget is probably more a formality anyway.

      • callouscomic@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        It’s not a formality. Continuing Resolutions (CR’s) and especially shutdowns can really affect people’s lives and society at large. People who require critical resources might wind up going without.

        It also winds up costing the government more overall to go through this every year.

        This appears to have decent information on why shutdowns are bad:

        https://www.crfb.org/papers/government-shutdowns-qa-everything-you-should-know

        • 667@lemmy.radioEnglish
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          2 months ago

          You’re right, and I was little ambiguous and unclear what I meant by formality.

          By formality, I was suggesting that the US government spends a lot of time hand wringing about the budget, delaying for compromises, and then exceeds the budget anyway in certain areas.