Posted: August 16th 2010
From KTIV:
Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota says Congress should go to a biennial federal budget to get the unwieldy process under control.
Thune, speaking Monday at a chamber of commerce luncheon in Sioux Falls, said he doesn't think Congress can effectively govern a $4 trillion budget each year by having to consider and debate 12 separate appropriations bills, most of which never get passed.
Thune said budgets could be passed in odd-number years when people are not running for office. In even-number years, lawmakers could look at how to save people money and do oversight.
