1. Obstinate Republicans in the Senate HAVE held up the budget process, even in 2010. Please familiarize yourself with the rules on how a budget can both be passed, and also how it can take effect. Along those lines, please explain where 57 out of a total of 100 equals more than 60%.
2. The failure to pass a budget (caused, in part, by obstinate Republicans) has been addressed through the use of continuing resolutions. The primary drawback of these resolutions, a lack of limits on discretionary spending, has been addressed by the Budget Control Act, so for the time being, resolutions are a good temporary fix. Thus, a failure to pass the budget is not what has led to the shutdown; a failure to pass the continuing resolutions (a temporary measure to address issues with Senate parliamentary procedure) is. That failure has been directly caused by (and admitted to be intentional by) certain House Republicans.
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Date: 4/10/13 18:58 (UTC)2. The failure to pass a budget (caused, in part, by obstinate Republicans) has been addressed through the use of continuing resolutions. The primary drawback of these resolutions, a lack of limits on discretionary spending, has been addressed by the Budget Control Act, so for the time being, resolutions are a good temporary fix. Thus, a failure to pass the budget is not what has led to the shutdown; a failure to pass the continuing resolutions (a temporary measure to address issues with Senate parliamentary procedure) is. That failure has been directly caused by (and admitted to be intentional by) certain House Republicans.