Jingle Bells Mean We Should Put the Budget Year in Perspective

• By Stan Collender
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• Dec. 15, 2009, Midnight

This is the time of year when you can’t listen to the radio or go into a shopping mall without hearing Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” Jose Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” and Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime.” That means it’s time to take a look back at what’s happened on the federal budget over the past almost 12 months and think about what’s ahead for the new year that’s only a few weeks away.