I’m trying to work through the news that dropped late in the day on the Friday before Labor Day.
Obviously, everybody who’s anybody, was already off to the last summer hurrah when the new dropped, so there’s not a lot written. Searching The Fine Web yielded this, which described what President Trump has been trying to do for most of the time since he retook office, but it doesn’t provide a lot of insight into what actually happened.
But it does point to the larger issue — Congress has dispatched its responsibilities to the Executive Branch, and the President is doing whatever he wants at the moment.
No, this isn’t just OrangeManBad. It started much earlier than him.
Maybe I shouldn’t have the you-broke-it-you-bought-it attitude, but what’s where I am. Am I going to be sympathetic? No, sorry. You lost my sympathy long ago.
I do kind of hope this can be used as precedent other places where Congress has dispatched things to the Administration, but I’m not going to hold my breath.
Congress hasn’t passed a regular budget since 2013 (for Fiscal Year 2014).
All they seem to be able to do is fundraise for their campaigns.
Are there things that could be done to fix that? Maybe, but all of them would require that Congress actually pass laws to set things straight. Again, I won’t be holding my breath.