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October 30th, 2007 - Appropriations Bills Haven’t Been This Late Since Michael Jackson’s “Bad” Topped The Charts
DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT SENT 1 APPROPRIATIONS BILL TO THE PRESIDENT
To Date, The Democrat Leadership Has Failed To Send Any Of The 12 Annual Spending Bills To The President (The Library Of Congress Website, Thomas.loc.gov, Accessed 10/24/07)
Washington Times: “Friday Marked The Tardiest Date In 20 Years That Congress Has Failed To Send A Single Appropriations Bill To The President.” (Editorial, “End The Fiscal Follies,” The Washington Times, 10/30/07)
1987 WAS THE LAST TIME CONGRESS FAILED TO SEND THE PRESIDENT AN SINGLE APPROPRIATIONS BILL THIS LATE IN THE YEAR
1987 Congress Passed “Stopgap” Appropriations “As A Result Of Its Failure To Meet Deadlines For Approving Regular Spending Bills.”: “The House passed the stopgap measure, 207 to 178, sending it to the Senate, which approved it by voice vote. President Reagan signed the bill late tonight. The emergency measure is the fourth Congress has had to pass since Oct. 1 of this year, as a result of its failure to meet deadlines for approving regular spending bills.” (Susan F. Rasky, “Stopgap Appropriation Bill Approved,” The New York Times, 12/21/87)
WHAT WAS HAPPENING LAST TIME IT TOOK THIS LONG TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT?
October 30, 1987, MICHAEL JACKSON’S “BAD” TOPPED THE CHARTS
“THREE MEN AND A BABY” WAS NUMBER ONE AT THE BOX OFFICE
“THE COSBY SHOW” WAS NUMBER ONE SHOW ON TV
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