Trump Wants to Create Chaos at Airports to Push Democrats to End the Shutdown. About That …
slate.com
Your holiday travel plans might get disrupted because the president wants to own the libs.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at a press conference Wednesday that “high-volume” airports will begin to see traffic cuts on Friday, with air traffic declining by 10 percent by next week.

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Unlike the targeting of blue-state infrastructure projects, there’s no feasible way for the government to own the libs via the manipulation of airport traffic. Democrats and Republicans both take commercial flights . . …

  • booly@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Budgets are approved every two years, so it just means people will lose their coverage in one year.

    The budget process is an annual process. Not sure where you’re getting the idea that it’s a 2-year budget.

    There are 2-year appropriations, but that’s less common than the default 1-year. There are also other multi year appropriations and no-year appropriations that don’t expire at all (agencies can spend the money until it’s gone, however long it takes). You can read about those here.

    Either way, though, Congress needs to pass a budget every year (or at least continuing resolutions).

    • xyzzy@lemmy.today
      3·
      2 days ago

      Whoops! Thanks for the correction. I was thinking of the maximum length of time an appropriation could be used for defense spending, not general budgeting.

      The Congress shall have Power … to raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;