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Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages by roywiggins on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:36AM (#18999590)
There's nothing stopping Congress from amending the Antideficiency Act or just passing a law that would provide for an automatic fallback appropriation if there's no new budget.

http://ultimatehistoryproject.com/anti-deficiency-act-histor...

Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages by javagram on Friday January 25, 2019 @01:01PM (#19000496)
Agreed, however as your link discusses there are important reasons the anti-deficiency act was passed.

A permanent fallback appropriation would remove congress’ ability to reallocate or reapportion spending without a 2/3 majority vote in both houses to override the presidential veto, something that seems unlikely in the modern party system.

Also military funding has to be reappropriated regularly under the constitution, a permanent military appropriation is unconstitutional. “To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;”