Over many decades, Congress has repeatedly failed to do its job by not passing a budget by the end of the fiscal year. Each time that occurs, a Continuing Resolution is used to extend the current budget and it has been common practice to include “riders” to that law which are unrelated to the extension. These riders are typically bills that would not pass on their own merit but that become law by being bundled into the “must sign” Continuing Resolution since failing to pass it threatens a government shut down.

Billions of dollars have been wasted and hundreds of laws have been created or modified using the deceptive rider process which often even prevents members of congress from knowing what is in the legislation they are voting on! 

This petition demands that immediate action be taken to eliminate the use of “riders” on any/all Continuing Resolutions. The people of the United States deserve transparency and if Congress fails to get the budget done on time that fact should not be used to further erode trust in our elected officials.

The current Continuing Resolution extends the budget to December 11th. Please take steps to ensure that if another CR is utilized it does not contain any riders and that the rider prohibition on Continuing Resolutions is permanent.