No Budget In Sight
Keith’s note: A Congressional decision on a budget looms. Nothing has emerged other than confusion and posturing. Republicans are moving toward a vote on a short-term spending bill that would allow the Federal government to remain open when the new budget year begins on 1 October and would stretch into the middle of November. Not a solution. Just a stunt to buy some time. Democrats are simultaneously moving to resist whatever cuts the Administration wants to make and may vote to shut the government down if a negotiated compromise is not reached. Given the lack of a formal budget, the Administration will be more or less free to implement its Presidential Budget Request for FY 2026 (big cuts) plus utilize recision power to make other cuts. As such NASA would likely be facing an amplified worst case scenario in 2 weeks – something that will be hard to reverse once implemented. Both sides will blame the other for shutdowns and cuts yet both sides will be responsible. So … plan your future accordingly – if you can. Ad Astra.
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“Republicans are moving toward a vote on a short-term spending bill that would allow the Federal government to remain open when the new budget year begins on 1 October and would stretch into the middle of November. Not a solution. Just a stunt to buy some time. ”
It’s not a stunt. A CR has been done many times by both parties because Congress won’t do it’s damn job and pass a budget earlier in the year. Right now there isn’t enough time to get all the spending bills out of committee, floor vote, and then reconcile the House and Senate versions.
In a normal year, a CR isn’t the worst thing in the world, as it would let us coast at the same “known” funding levels and pace as the previous fiscal year. Some projects that were expecting more money would have to delay plans but that’s the worst of it. This year, a CR is pretty much an extension of the limbo we’re already in, trying to shrink and align with the PBR and not knowing if/when congress might come along to save us. Just a way to prolong the suffering. Thanks a lot to the idiots in congress who can’t do their jobs. Can’t wait for the finger-pointing to start soon.
But DOD has a trillion dollar budget…
Welp…This is what the American people supposedly voted for.