Just what we need, more programs. Once a program is started it is there forever. Let us try a ten percent across the board tax and see where that takes us. All 50 Republicans, along with 15 Democrats voted for passage of the resolution. A joint conference committee must now meet to reconcile differences in the House and Senate passed versions of the Budget Resolution.
Republicans still hope to increase the tax cuts during the conference.
The Budget Resolution merely sets guidelines and general spending limits to be used by Congress in writing and passing the actual spending bills funding the various government programs. The Budget Resolution does not require the president's signature as do each of the final spending bills. Passage of the spending bills marks the official completion of the annual federal budget cycle. By law, the federal budget must be completed by Oct. 1, the beginning of the government's fiscal year. A move supported by both parties.