The 2011 fiscal year has been a veritable mess of pseudo-budgetary measures that avoided a government shutdown after Democrats refused to offer a spending plan in the last Congress. For those who did not follow intimately the continuing resolution chaos of FY 2011, ATR offers below a summary of our work leading up to the final funding deal signed into law last week that will keep the government running until September 30 and takes the unprecedented step of cutting, rather than increasing, spending baselines from the previous year.
Apples to Oranges: Clarifying Cuts in the CR
Taxpayers Can Claim Victory in Budget Deal
Coalition Urges Congress to Keep CR Earmark-Free
ATR Statement of Policy on the Short-Term Continuing Resolution
Republicans Stand Steadfast with Taxpayers
A Look Back on Democrats' "Leadership" On Spending
CFA Opposes Democrats' Alternate CR
CFA Warns Senators: Vote Yes on H.R. 1
Is That The Best Democrats Can Do?
Who's Afraid of a Government Shutdown?
Continuing Resolution Shows Republicans Are Ready to Lead
Ending the Spending Spree: FY 2011 Spending Levels Released
ATR & CFA Supportive of CR, Expect More Spending Restraint in the Spring
Lessons Learned? Cromnibus Goes Down in Senate
The Democrat Cromnibus v. the Republican CR
Christmas Come Early for Senators Eyeing Cromnibus?
CFA Urges House: Vote No on FY 2011 CR