https://news.yahoo.com/democrats-republicans-try-outlaw-future-163155053.html
Democrats and Republicans try to outlaw future government shutdowns after Trump backs down over wall funding
“Shutting down the government should be as off-limits in budget negotiations as chemical warfare is in real warfare,” Senator Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn, said on Friday.
He was not alone in expressing those sentiments. Members of both parties said it was past time to enact legislation that would essentially mean the government would remain open at existing spending levels when an impasse such as the fight over the border wall was reached, rather than shuttering parts or all of the government. That is an outcome that virtually everyone agrees is costly, unnecessary and even embarrassing.
I don't think they should outlaw government shutdowns. I think instead they should do something more consistent with their fiscal role, which is, among other things, to pass an annual budget. This continuing resolution bull**** gives them a mechanism to essentially bypass the normal process and sneak in spending however they see fit. Well **** that.
I want a law that requires an annual budget be signed into law by a deadline every year. If one isn't signed by the deadline, a default budget automatically goes into effect, which is the previous year's budget reduced 10% across the board.
If they don't want the 10% budget reduction from the previous year's spending, I guess they better start agreeing to some things.