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Perdue Discusses Second #SchumerShutdown on Fox News

December 24, 2018  |  

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Latest News, Latest Videos Tagged With: border security, continuing resolution, disaster relief, funding process, immigration, Schumer shutdown, shutdown

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Washington’s Funding Process Is Totally Broken

September 23, 2018  |  

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Latest News, Latest Videos Tagged With: budget process, continuing resolution, funding process, national debt

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David Perdue Slams ‘Unacceptable’ Short-Term Spending Bill

September 20, 2018  |  

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Latest News Tagged With: budget process, continuing resolution, funding process, national debt

Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) slammed the Senate’s “unacceptable” short-term continuing resolution (CR) on Tuesday. The CR would prevent President Donald Trump’s potential shutdown threat over partial border wall funding.

The Senate passed the continuing resolution with a vote tally of 93-7. Sens. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Mike Lee (R-UT), Rand Paul (R-KY), David Perdue (R-GA), and Pat Toomey (R-PA) joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to vote against the $854 billion spending bill.

Sen. Perdue chided the CR in a statement on Tuesday, saying:

Here we go again. In typical Washington fashion, Congress has once again fallen short of completing its Constitutional responsibility. We had the opportunity to fully fund the government on time for the first time in 22 years. Congress has used over 180 continuing resolutions instead of getting it all done. We are going to walk past the deadline on September 30th and fall into the same trap. This is unacceptable.

Read more in Breitbart.

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Senate Funding Progress Is Not A Permanent Solution

September 20, 2018  |  

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Latest News Tagged With: border security, budget process, continuing resolution, debt, funding process

Senate funding progress is not a permanent solution
By U.S. Sen. David Perdue
September 19, 2018

In March, President Trump said he would never again sign another last-minute, massive spending bill. In May, a group of 16 Republican senators came together to say we were willing to work nights, weekends, and through the annual August recess to deliver results, specifically on confirmations and funding. This additional time created an opportunity for Congress to fully fund the government on time for the first time in 22 years.

Congress got close, but missed its chance.

Despite some progress, in typical Washington fashion, Congress has again found a way to fall short of fulfilling its constitutional responsibility. There is still time before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, but Congress has thrown in the towel. It has turned to another continuing resolution to keep the lights on until December. This is completely unacceptable.

Amazingly, some senators are patting themselves on the back for partially funding the federal government — but there is no reason to celebrate. In the real world, you are held accountable to complete the job. Working through August was never about spending more time in Washington. It was about confirming as many nominations as possible, due to Democratic obstruction, and funding the government. It’s that simple.

Since the Senate stayed in session this August, we successfully completed 90 percent of the funding bills for the first time in 22 years. This is a huge step forward, but we still didn’t get it all done. The Senate has completed and passed nine of the 12 appropriations bills in three tranches. Both chambers have been working diligently to sort out the differences in conference. The remaining funding is being held up due to controversy over border security.

Meanwhile, congressional leadership decided to roll the unfinished bills into a package tied to defense funding and call it a day until December. This is a total sleight of hand. It is caving to Senate Democrats who are doing everything they can to derail President Trump’s agenda, including funding for border security and the wall.

Another funding failure further exposes the underlying problems with the funding process used by Congress since 1974. It has only fully funded the government four times in the past 44 years. It has locked Washington in a cycle of continuing resolutions and last-minute spending deals. This week marked the 184th time Congress used a continuing resolution. Until politicians have the will to do something about this broken process, these funding lapses will continue.

There is a different way to deliver results. Over the last year, as a member of the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform, I have worked in a bipartisan, bicameral way with my colleagues to create a politically neutral platform that funds the government on time every year.

To be successful, this new funding process needs to include specific milestones for completing funding and appropriate consequences if Congress fails to meet those markers.

I came to the Senate to help tackle our national debt crisis. While the Senate has made significant progress on funding this year, permanent change will not happen unless we get serious. It will not happen if Congress refuses to hold itself accountable for failure. It will not happen if Congress continues to accept a broken funding process.

The Joint Select Committee is our last chance to fix this problem, but the window is closing. We have to hold ourselves accountable to the same standards of people in the real world and put a politically neutral platform in place that funds the government on time without the use of continuing resolutions or sweeping funding bills after the end of the fiscal year.

With the size of our national debt, we can no longer kick the can down the road, as Congress did again this year.

Read more in Washington Examiner.

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Sen. David Perdue & Jenny Beth Martin: Make Congress Work Again

May 25, 2018  |  

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Latest News Tagged With: August recess, continuing resolution, national debt, nominees, obstruction, omnibus

“I say to Congress: I will never sign another bill like this again.”

President Trump made this crystal clear following the massive, last-minute funding bill in March, and he is serious. However, Congress has not gotten the message.

Several weeks have passed since the president issued this warning, and Washington is still spiraling towards another 11th-hour spending battle. We can see it clear as day, but many career politicians cannot.

Action must be taken immediately to overcome the following obstacles.

First, obstruction. Senate Democrats are waging an historic campaign to keep Trump from getting his full team in place. It takes an average of 82 days for one of Trump’s nominees to be confirmed. At this rate, he will not have his full team in place before the end of his first term. There are more than 250 nominees waiting to be confirmed today.

Most of Trump’s nominees are ultimately confirmed with bipartisan support, so this is not about real controversy or debate. Democrats are doing this to create a backlog and waste time to keep the Senate from focusing on Trump’s agenda.

Second, time. Twelve funding bills are required to fund the federal government. Congress has not even passed one yet this year. The fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. The Senate has just 62 working days between now and then. There are just 37 working days if you exclude Mondays and Fridays, and that is the norm in Congress.

Time is running out. If Congress does not act now, the obstruction will continue and Washington will continue the cycle of continuing resolutions to keep the lights on, while a handful of politicians get in a room and decide how to spend another trillion dollars.

This should not happen, and we can make sure it doesn’t.

Read more in The Washington Examiner.

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Perdue Asks Senate To Delay August Recess

May 8, 2018  |  

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Latest News Tagged With: budget, confirmations, continuing resolution, funding, omnibus, recess

Sen. David Perdue to ask Senate leaders to delay August recess to pass backlog confirmations
By Sally Persons
The Washington Times
May 8, 2018

Sen. David Perdue said Tuesday that he’s calling on his fellow senators to delay the August recess in order to get more things done.

“We’re offering the leadership again this year the opportunity to stay here — nights, weekends, — in through the August break to get that done,” Mr. Perdue, Georgia Republican, said on Fox News.

He said he’s calling his initiative “Make Congress Work Again,” a play on President Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” He said he wants to prevent the last-minute rush to pass spending bills and other important legislative items. He pointed to the massive $1.3 trillion funding bill earlier this year as evidence of what happens when there’s a rush to pass something.

Mr. Perdue said he believes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would be open to the idea of keeping the Senate in session into the recess since they have done it before.

“Last year, you know, we did the same thing,” he said. “Four days into that period we got the Democrats to agree to 77 confirmations.”

Mr. Perdue said he hopes a similar move will push Democrats to cooperate on some of Mr. Trump’s backlogged nominations waiting to be confirmed.

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