On the recordSeptember 3, 1997
For a decade now, I have been proposing legislation that when such an event occurs, and it has occurred too often without new appropriations taking their place, a new budget in place, a Government shutdown is in the foreseeable future. The legislation that I have proposed would end that phenomenon by saying when at the end of the fiscal year no budget has been put in place, then last year's appropriations will automatically go into effect until a new budget takes effect. We have had the Congress of the United States just a few months ago pass such legislation only to be vetoed by the President. It is now time to say, ``I told you so; we're facing another Government shutdown.'' My legislation would provide insurance that no Government shutdown would occur.
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