Budget process argument

There is so much noise out there that it is a wonder if a person can know what is exactly going on.

This budget argument, what's it all about?

Sure, it is said to be about funding ObamaCare.  But does that really explain it at all?

The current brouhaha is about a continuing resolution.  The continuing resolution, it turns out, is the means by which the government is funded in the absence of a formal appropriations bill for the new budget year.  The current budget year ends on October 1st.  Evidently, there are no formal appropriations bills signed into law yet.  Thus, the need for a continuing resolution.

There was some talk about a continuing resolution to substitute for each of the twelve formal appropriations bills that have not been signed into law.  That is, if ObamaCare is wholly contained within a single appropriation bill, then eleven of the twelve could be passed evidently without controversy.  That leaves one appropriation bill that has to be approved, or a continuing resolution bill, that will fund that portion of the government that includes ObamaCare.

If the money isn't made available either by the appropriations bills or continuing resolution (s), then the government must shut down.  This can be a full shut down or a partial one.  It looks like if the threat is carried out as mentioned, then there will be a partial shut down at the very least.

They can then break down that one bill into separate bills and vote on each in its turn.  Perhaps then they can separate out ObamaCare and then fund only those parts of the government that don't include it.

Perhaps that's the plan.  If that's the plan, what's the big fuss amongst the GOP?  They should be happy to force the Democrats to keep funding an unpopular law.