Rescissions package could tie lawmakers' hands on funding bills
Source: The Hill
The Trump administrations push for Congress to rescind $15.4 billion in spending could have unintended consequences, potentially making it harder for lawmakers to find funding for legislation later this year.
Many of the funds the administration wants to ax are unobligated, meaning they are leftover from programs that no longer exist or have not been reauthorized.
Traditionally, lawmakers have turned to the unobligated funds when they need extra cash for legislation, either because they have already hit the maximum amount allowed by budget caps or because they dont want to add to the deficit.
If Congress passes the rescissions package, which is far from certain, it could make it more difficult to pass other kinds of spending legislation throughout the year.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/finance/386988-rescissions-package-could-tie-lawmakers-hands-on-funding-bills
And just think after these asshole republicans come back from a 6 week vacation come this September and October when they have to fund things like I don't know safety net programs for the elderly....................they already threw-out the baby before the bathwater................and the economy is going to crash.....................amazing..................I really do dislike republicans
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)turbinetree
(24,720 posts)and they will not look at the defense, every funding program for the "fiscal " year comes under review this means that if you are on disability social security funding, you can be in trouble of what this rescission BS they are looking at
And they are coming back to attack children again..................these pro-life jerks that want to hurt children-----------amazing
This article below is from 2015, but it shows how we are exposed to cuts with offsets if you are disabled for example
https://www.cbpp.org/blog/4-reasons-a-disability-benefit-offset-could-backfire
And below is what the orange hair megalomaniac wanted to do.................
https://ascenddisability.com/reverse-offsets-disability-compensation-issues/
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)or, if there is no penalty for harmful behavior towards disadvantaged children and the disabled....what have they to lose?
The elections? How can honest people win these days? It's a billionaires horse race.