[User23]

So far as I can find the last time Congress bothered to pass a budget was 2016 with the prior one in 2010.

The government has been funding itself instead with “continuing resolutions” which pretty much just continue spending as the prior year modulo marginal changes. Incidentally this is why federal deficits have exploded since 2010: the financial crisis “one time” trillion dollar stimulus has been continued every year since.

[Ankaios]

> So far as I can find the last time Congress bothered to pass a budget was 2016 with the prior one in 2010.

The last time Congress passed a budget was for last fiscal year (FY 2023):

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2617

It was about three months late, but they passed it. This year's is currently at least about four months late, and the federal government is currently operating under a continuing resolution that will expire in March. However, full-year continuing resolutions are rare: the budget bills are usually passed, but passed late.

[cplusplusfellow]

But it would be so draconian to not increase spending insanely every year!

[phkahler]

Don't forget the $3Trillion deficit for Covid. First done under Trump in 2020 then repeated by Biden in 2021 so it's not a partisan thing.