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Congress has never passed a real budget
Reporting highlights that Congress has never passed a real budget in the modern sense, with lawmakers relying instead on continuing resolutions and stopgap spending measures. The claim underscores long-standing dysfunction in the federal appropriations process, as deadlines for government funding keep recurring and shutdown brinkmanship has become routine in Washington.
Why now: Recurring government funding fights and shutdown deadlines keep drawing attention to Congress's failure to complete the budget process.
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Evidence
- Congress has never passed a real budget · The Hill
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