The one piece of annual federal legislation that seems to work is the National Defense Authorization Act (The “NDAA”). The NDAA is still gargantuan at 973 pages of House Resolution (HR) 2670 and the accompanying Conference Report , at 1,627 pages, that resolves the difference between the House and the Senate. However, as opposed to national health care that also comes in at thousands of pages, the NDAA is rote and most mere mortals can rapidly search, find, and see the relevant text.
Federal legislation needs both an Authorization (the NDAA) and Appropriation to be implemented. Something can be authorized and not have any Appropriation (i.e. funding). The inverse can be true also (funding, but no Authorization). Why is there both an Authorization and an Appropriation? Go ask your Mom and Dad as Dr. Suess would say, or better yet, see the Congressional Research Service […]
Read the Whole Article From the Source: www.thegatewaypundit.com