The Constitution authorizes Congress to appropriate money for government spending. It’s a check and balance on the President and the executive branch.
When the Republicans have a majority in Congress, they take the power of the purse to extremes beyond normal checks and balances. The heavy-handed obstruction they used during the Obama administration made them look like they’d rather have one-party rule, instead of democracy.
Now it looks like one party may be one too many for them. They have majorities in the House and Senate and a Republican in the White House. They have no check and balance reason to hold up government spending but here we are on the verge of a government shutdown.
Nancy Pelosi answered questions about the slow-motion disintegration of our government today. A reporter asked her to comment on the latest Republican proposal for a continuing resolution.
She said it was a dog shit sundae.