KOSA Advances Out Of House Committee, But Cracks Are Showing
KOSA Advances Out Of House Committee, But Cracks Are Showing
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/09/18/kosa-advances-out-of-house-committee-but-cracks-are-showing/
This morning, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a pretty long markup about KOSA, COPPA 2.0, and other bills. The quick summary is that both of those bills passed out of committee and cou…
They intentionally hold it hostage for compromises on other things we don’t actually want.
The budget is probably more a formality anyway.
It's not a formality. Continuing Resolutions (CR's) and especially shutdowns can really affect people's lives and society at large. People who require critical resources might wind up going without.
It also winds up costing the government more overall to go through this every year.
This appears to have decent information on why shutdowns are bad:
https://www.crfb.org/papers/government-shutdowns-qa-everything-you-should-know