Congress is wasting time while danger builds

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Congress recently passed its third continuing resolution of fiscal 2024. This temporary funding solution to avoid a government shutdown simply extends the previous year’s budget for weeks or months. No amendments, increases, or decreases are allowed. How does the U.S. government function or plan this way? It doesn’t. And for a Defense Department that manages everything from the latest conflicts to long-term challenges such as modernizing the nation’s nuclear weapons, the crisis of unpredictable and stagnant funding is even more severe. When our government isn’t funded on time , our nation’s security suffers. So do our wallets. The most solemn...