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psydoc Wrote: Dec 05, 2012 6:45 PM
Bruce, under the 1974 Congressional Budget Act, the Senate must move a budget out of the Budget Committee by April 1 of every year and adopt a budget resolution on the floor by April 15.
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Bruce2397 Wrote: Dec 05, 2012 5:15 PM
There's nothing in the Constitution that requires the Senate to pass a budget.
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Back in January, President Obama made a controversial recess appointment while the Senate was in a pro forma session, and named Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. While the Senate wasn't holding meetings, it also wasn't technically adjourned, and thus many Republicans took issue with the president's initiative. They sued the Obama administration in response, and today, that case came before the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Interestingly, the bench expressed skepticism not only of the particular appointment in question, but of the practice of recess appointments generally, arguing that unless Congress has adjourned...
Court to Obama: Not So Sure About Your Recess Appointments