Talk:No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013

Did this Act have the intended effect?

In an article dated Jan 31, 2013 -- in other words, right after the "No Budget, No Pay Act" was passed -- Politico reported that "Senate Democratic leaders have said they will pass a budget this year – the first time since 2009." http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/senate-passes-debt-ceiling-no-budget-no-pay-bill-87018.html

Did they make good on that promise; did the Senate pass a budget? 71.219.220.168 (talk) 06:09, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

The Senate did pass a budget, but it was never reconciled with the House budget, so there is no official budget for 2014. The Act, however, only required each chamber to pass a budget, not for the two to be reconciled. You can read about it here: 2014 United States federal budget. I'm not sure that this Act can be cited as the reason that they both passed budgets. Does that answer your question? HistoricMN44 (talk) 13:37, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you -- that's great information, and very relevant to this article, so I added it to the article. I did not claim that this Act is the reason the Senate passed a budget; I just stated facts that will allow readers to reach their own conclusion. Perhaps a "No Reconciled Budget, No Pay Act" is needed to get them to take the next step and reconcile. : ) 71.219.220.168 (talk) 18:34, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Automatically resets debt ceiling

I know basically nothing about economics, but "Further, on May 19, a new debt limit is automatically established" sounds to me like it's saying "if you refuse to vote for a raise in the debt ceiling, it'll raise itself automatically anyway, by whatever amount we spent in the meantime."AnnaGoFast (talk) 14:55, 17 May 2016 (UTC)