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Legislation Sets Spending Levels Higher Than House-Passed Budget, Does Not Defund Obamacare
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted on and passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through November 18, 2011. A continuing resolution (CR) is a mechanism used to fund the federal government on a short-term basis. The 2011 fiscal year ended at midnight on September 30, 2011. Congress passed a four-day CR last week after Senate Democrats refused to vote on a longer-term CR passed by the House two weeks ago. The CR sets discretionary spending levels at $1.043 trillion, which is in line with the debt ceiling compromise passed earlier this year but higher than the House Republican budget also passed earlier this year. Westmoreland opposed the legislation.
“While I’m pleased this continuing resolution cuts $7 billion in discretionary spending over the FY11 number, at the end of the day it’s just not enough to right this ship. In addition to setting spending levels at $24 billion above the budget House Republicans passed earlier this year, it also does not include language to defund Obamacare while at the same time continuing to fund controversial programs like NPR and the Legal Services Corporation.
“I made a promise to the people of Georgia’s Third District that I would fight to rein in the out-of-control spending in Washington and get this country back on a path of fiscal responsibility. This CR just doesn’t do enough,” stated Westmoreland.