To Budget or Not to Budget – That Is the Question

By: Congressman Frank Lucas (Diary)  |  May 21st at 12:57 PM  | 

In 1974, Congress passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act.  This legislation established procedures for how Congress creates and adopts the annual budget for the federal government.  This process allows the American people to see the spending priorities of Congress and also helps to hold Congress to a spending limit.  For the first time since this bill was drafted, it appears as though we | Read More »