Analysis: Congress aims to fix busted budgeting

[Omaha Steve]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140118/DABD8GS80.html

Jan 18, 8:58 AM (ET)

By ANDREW TAYLOR

WASHINGTON (AP) - In President Ronald Reagan's final State of the Union address, he slammed Congress for sending him a 14-pound, 1,053-page single spending bill. He warned lawmakers not to try his patience by doing it again.

"And if you do, I will not sign it," Reagan said.

Guess what? It worked.

In 1988, Congress passed 13 separate spending bills by the rarely met Oct. 1 deadline.

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