[conservaterian]

He’s a RINO but are you saying a politician can’t plan for more than six years down the road? Sort of limiting, isn’t it?

[Gen.Blather]

“He’s a RINO but are you saying a politician can’t plan for more than six years down the road?”

Actually, no, they can’t. Each year’s budget is that year’s budget. It mostly continues to fund what was funded last year. The rest of it is Christmas shopping for powerful constituencies. Pork. They can say, this project is funded for 10 years; F-35 procurement, for example. But the budget for that procurement is approved on a year-by-year basis. The only planning is: was it in there last year? Did they send us a campaign check? Okay, fund it this year too.

[RummyChick]

He can’t plan past 2012. They can’t make a future Congress do anything.

And if he caves he is going to feel the heat in 2012.

[org.whodat]

They can plan, according to clintoon about 12 years back, were all going to be on easy street and have a golden goose and a Lewinsky on the side about now, go look under your bed.

[2ndDivisionVet]

House members, including the speaker, are elected every two years, senators have 6 year terms.

[ngat]

1. Yes
2. We believe in limited government.