Sequestration was aimed at discretionary spending a spared interest payments and entitlement programs. This process failed because once again Congress found a way to avoid the rules that they set in place for themselves; they exempted most of the budget from the sequester process. The 1990 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and Budget Enforcement Act attempted to further centralize power within Congress and forced more automatic changes to the budget to get things passed. The Budget Enforcement Act set further ceilings for spending that if passed would force sequestration, though only when new legislation forced spending beyond the limits. This process generally was unsuccessful at producing lasting change and deficit reductions. There have for as long as Congress has attempted to address the budget problem limits to what they can do. Those limits have generally occurred because the decentralized nature of Congress makes it extremely difficult to rein in the beast. As we can see, as soon as one way of doing business was closed Congress or the President found another way to get around the restrictions in place and eventually forced the issue to be addressed, closing a further loophole. As soon as Congress runs into issues with their current set of rules for budgetary matters, they just go and change the rules
Sequestration was aimed at discretionary spending a spared interest payments and entitlement programs. This process failed because once again Congress found a way to avoid the rules that they set in place for themselves; they exempted most of the budget from the sequester process. The 1990 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and Budget Enforcement Act attempted to further centralize power within Congress and forced more automatic changes to the budget to get things passed. The Budget Enforcement Act set further ceilings for spending that if passed would force sequestration, though only when new legislation forced spending beyond the limits. This process generally was unsuccessful at producing lasting change and deficit reductions. There have for as long as Congress has attempted to address the budget problem limits to what they can do. Those limits have generally occurred because the decentralized nature of Congress makes it extremely difficult to rein in the beast. As we can see, as soon as one way of doing business was closed Congress or the President found another way to get around the restrictions in place and eventually forced the issue to be addressed, closing a further loophole. As soon as Congress runs into issues with their current set of rules for budgetary matters, they just go and change the rules