“Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt.”
What PolitiFact found
There's no doubt that Congress has failed to use its standard procedure for passing 12 appropriations bills every year for nearly three decades. But blaming the nation’s debt on that is an exaggeration.
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In short
Matt Gaetz (U.S. Representative, R-Fla.) made this claim around 1 October 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 October 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Matt Gaetz has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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