Democrat, Incompetence, Financial

With Congress failing to pass any of a dozen annual budget bills, the Pentagon is still stuck in last year's spending plan, which means inadequate funding for the Air Force's tanker effort and billions too much for the Humvees that the Army wants to cancel. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the current situation is the worst of all scenarios. "That's how you hollow out a military even in wartime," he told reporters. The Aerospace Industries Association is meanwhile urging Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, to replace the continuing resolution with a full appropriations bill.

Democrat, Incompetence, Financial

This is one of the slower years for appropriations on record. Congress typically finishes at least some of the spending bills before Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, though in 2007 none were cleared by that deadline.

Democrat, Incompetence, Financial

According to CNS News, with fiscal year 2010 set to end at midnight on Sept. 30, there is no sign that Congress is on track to pass any of the 13 appropriations bills needed to keep the U.S. government up and running in fiscal year 2011.

Democrat, Scandal

Congress hasn't passed any of the 12 annual spending bills to run the government in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.