“All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What is likely to come out of the House of Representatives is anyone’s guess but it is probably safe to assume it will be a very conservative omnibus (multi-agency) spending bill.\u00a0 Then the Senate takes up spending and will likely pass something that represents a compromise — something middle of the road between the most conservative and liberal ideas on taxes and spending — and it will have to overcome any efforts by either party to filibuster.\u00a0 The two differing bills are then supposed to go to a conference committee that must reconcile the two bills and strike a bargain that can be passed by both the House and Senate before it can go to the president for signature and become law.<\/p>\n
The process will by definition require compromise if there is to be a federal budget.\u00a0 Failure to pass a budget could bring the federal government to a grinding halt.\u00a0 It’s unclear that either party can afford to be seen to be the problem if compromise proves impossible and we start seeing federal benefits and services come to a halt. So we’ll see pretty quickly about the prospects for compromise and good governance.<\/p>\n
The talking heads in the media are all assuming that the next few months in Washington will be filled with confrontation perhaps leading to a government shutdown.\u00a0 And with good reason.\u00a0 There are certainly the makings of stalemate and gridlock … Continue reading ![\"Jonathan](\"http:\/\/EzineArticles.com\/featured\/images\/expert_author_1.png\")
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