Tony Hall: “Actually, it is the Dreier-Luther-Regula-Hall amendment, which establishes a 2-year budget process for Congress and the…”

“Actually, it is the Dreier-Luther-Regula-Hall amendment, which establishes a 2-year budget process for Congress and the administration. As a former member of the Ohio General Assembly, which follows a 2-year budget process, I learned the value of considering budgets on a 2-year cycle instead of devoting each year to spending bills. Passing budgets and appropriation bills for 2 years will increase funding stability, permitting more efficient management of government programs. It will also reduce the amount of time Congress spends on considering the appropriation bills, allowing us to spend more time on serious problems that we have with oversight. Under the current budget process, we are constantly missing deadlines for making decisions on spending. Moreover, our record on oversight in the last few years is poor. Many have blamed the unacceptable performance on the lack of time we have to spend on oversight. A 2-year budget process should free up time for House Members to spend on oversight.”