 the problem is the us senate the us senate hasn t passed a budget in years without a budget nobody has any idea who is spending the money or where it is going it s a great idea if you re trying to keep the public in the dark about spending some on the left have been talking about reinstituting the gephardt rule which would automatically raise the debt ceiling when a budget is approved by the house except they re omitting one key detail the deliberative process that is supposed to occur between the house and the senate to create an agreedupon budget does anyone honestly believe the left has any interest in curbing spending read more  wwwredstatecom 20130117 howthebudgetprocessisbeingdismantled  