Awaiting Our Fate

As an employee of the Federal Government, I wait with bated breath to see if Congress can actually due its job and get a budget out this year. Will we have one in place by Monday, or will the economy start taking a minimum additional $1B hit every two weeks until one is passed?

Budget Woes

First proposal set in motion

Near Cupid’s day of emotion

Over summer House and Senate

Review, propose changes and debate

Come fall all their discussion

Has fallen to filibustering

And first continuing resolution

Then come elections

Seats change

As do the power reins

From the asses to the elephants

In the House

Still no budget

Instead

Six more continuing resolutions

We pass Cupid’s day of emotion again

And St Patrick’s Day too

Enough is enough, says the President

As the House tries to pass an eighth

The eleventh hour cometh

And us workerbees wait to hear our fate