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General Discussion => Constitution and Law => Topic started by: Indy Prez on June 23, 2012, 11:30:23 AM



Title: Can a budget...
Post by: Indy Prez on June 23, 2012, 11:30:23 AM
...be passed by the House in the lame duck session for it then to be passed by the Senate in the successive session?

(Edited to make the title relevant.)


Title: Re: Can a budget...
Post by: True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자) on June 23, 2012, 03:39:58 PM
While there is no explicit Constitutional bar to doing so, long standing precedent is that the actions of one Congress cannot bind another, so no.