Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., a member of the House Financial Services Committee, told Newsmax on Friday that it’s time Congress returns to a traditional, committee-centered process of lawmaking, known as regular order, instead of relying on continuing resolutions and bloated omnibus packages to fund the federal government.

Congress has passed all of its 12 required appropriations measures on time just four times since the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 set up the current system: 1977, 1989, 1995 and 1997, according to Pew Research. Under the act, the president is supposed to propose a budget by the first Monday in February, which would be Feb. 3 this year, and the process is supposed to be completed by June 30.

“Working together and going and following a regular order actually makes the process a much better process,” Stutzman told “The Chris Salcedo Show.” “Unfortunately, because of the problems that we have in CR activity and just continuing resolutions, it’s been years since we’ve actually followed regular order.”

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