: August 2, 2013
TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE
22. That’s how many bills have become law since the 113th Congress was sworn in on January 3, 2013. It’s one more illustration of dysfunction that has descended upon the Capitol.
One bill that became law was the continuing resolution that funded government through September 30 of this year. Of course, that was left over business from the 112th Congress, considering the law went into effect half way through 2013 fiscal year. It’s looking like another continuing resolution is coming for fiscal year 2014 because the House has only passed four of the dozen required annual spending bills and the Senate hasn’t passed any. In fact, one day after House leadership yanked the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development spending bill from the floor, the Senate failed to overcome a key procedural hurdle (cloture or ending debate) on their version of the bill. The bill is aptly nicknamed \”THUD.\”
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