8 Responses to President Trump Signs H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

1. Sharon says:

   December 12, 2017 at 12:30 pm

   This is a bit off topic, or maybe not. I don’t know. I’ve been trying to figure out if there is going to be, or if there is, an actual budget (in Congress) for the next FY. I thought all the major appropriations were fought out during the fall, and I haven’t heard anything about it. At least nothing I recognized – maybe it’s just my problem.

   The bureaucrats who have been stuff into the guts of all the agencies for the last 15-20 years are, for the most part, still there. And like a child having a tantrum in the store, expressed mostly by going limp and being a dead weight on mom, who is now pretty much helpless in her efforts to improve the situation–in the matter of having an actual budget or not having an actual budget, it just takes enough bureaucrats and MBO future pensioners to become dead weight. They haven’t been doing their jobs as individuals or as a group for over a decade. That becomes a hard pump to prime.

   Maybe it is happening and I just can’t figure out what to notice.

   I get so tired of the constant cheering and short-range reaction when some single thing goes week. Obviously that does not mean that there is nothing effective happening but the alligators are still there and the virus has not been eliminated.It’s not safe to assume otherwise.

   The power of belief can be over-applied by conservative as well as it can with leftists.

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   • stella says:

     December 12, 2017 at 1:07 pm

     Sharon, they passed a continuing resolution that goes to the end of the year. They still have to pass the new budget.

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     • Sharon says:

       December 12, 2017 at 1:26 pm

       I thought they had done something. Do you see things turning in such a way that you believe they will actually pass a budget to send to Trump?

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       • stella says:

         December 12, 2017 at 3:00 pm

         I certainly hope so.

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   • stella says:

     December 13, 2017 at 2:24 pm

     Your question got me digging this morning. Apparently both the House and Senate passed the 2018 fiscal year budget in October. I don’t know if any further votes will take place, but I don’t think so. Here’s an article from The Hill:

     http://thehill.com/policy/finance/356328-senate-narrowly-passes-2018-budget-paving-way-for-tax-reform

     Apparently not. We are still living under the 2-week spending bill:

     http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/President-Trump-signs-2-week-spending-bill-to-avoid-shutdown-462818943.html

     The White House and lawmakers say the bill will give them more time to negotiate several end-of-year agenda items, including the budget, a children’s health program and hurricane aid.

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     • Sharon says:

       December 13, 2017 at 2:26 pm

       Oh – excellent! Thank you, stella…..

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       • stella says:

         December 13, 2017 at 2:30 pm

         I just updated my comment. I should have waited —

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       • stella says:

         December 13, 2017 at 2:57 pm

         In other words, the bill still isn’t final. They have 8 days until the short continuing resolution expires.

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