How Upcoming Legislative Priorities Can Strengthen, or Sink, the 'Hire American' Agenda

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How Upcoming Legislative Priorities Can Strengthen, or Sink, the 'Hire American' Agenda

By Dan Cadman on January 2, 2018

2018 is upon us , and with it come several urgent legislative priorities that superficially stand alone yet in fact are deeply connected.

First and foremost is the need for Congress to pass a budget for federal fiscal year (FY) 2018, which actually began on October 1, 2017. The federal government has been kept afloat through a series of short-term, kick-the-can-down-the road "continuing resolutions" because the political parties cannot seem to agree on the content and outlines of a budget, and also because it is being used as political leverage to achieve other goals that aren't directly related to this year's budget.

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I have come to the opinion that the continuing resolution process is designed to push through funding for things that one side or the other does not want to be challenged or might be unfavorable to the public. 

As a thought exercise, what would be the pros / cons of having an amendment that basically says:

1) that if no budget is passed, current (prior) spending is automatically continued for one quarter at -10%. 
2) the authorization decreases at -10% per quarter until a new budget annual budget is passed.
3) no other continuing resolutions are permitted by Congress.

Thoughts?