Political Quotes

“the budget negotiations, by some accounts, are not getting very close to agreement. This brings up again, and I say again advisedly, the prospect of a shutdown of Government. It is not too early to start thinking about that, even though we have not finished the month of April. But because of the nature of the budget process, it is something that can be in our futures, unfortunately. Everybody knows by now that since 1989, for four or five Congresses since then, or whatever that number is, I have been proposing legislation that would prevent a Government shutdown, and it works on a simple formula: At the end of the budget period of September 30, for instance, if no new budget has been negotiated between the President and the Congress, then automatically, by way of instant replay, as I am fond to say, the next day, the dawn of the new fiscal year, would bring about last year's numbers for a period of time under a continuing resolution until a budget can be met. This means, upon passage of this type of legislation, we will never face a shutdown again.”