From the outside, requiring a 2/3 majority to pass a budget is insane. It’s no wonder we hear of government shutdowns from the US with regularity.
We (Australia) had one federal shutdown in the 1970s and it led to a constitutional crisis, and that was because the Liberals (the conservative party) refused to vote for supply.
Since 1999 government funding automatically rolls over and is instead altered by legislation:
From the outside, requiring a 2/3 majority to pass a budget is insane. It’s no wonder we hear of government shutdowns from the US with regularity.
We (Australia) had one federal shutdown in the 1970s and it led to a constitutional crisis, and that was because the Liberals (the conservative party) refused to vote for supply.
Since 1999 government funding automatically rolls over and is instead altered by legislation:
https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/Practice7/HTML/Chapter11/Appropriation_and_supply_bills
Y’all have a stupid system, change my mind.
While the GOP are bastards, it needs to be noted that the system itself is stupid.
I feel justified in commenting on US politics, given its hegemonic status over us.