President Barack Obama
signed a second short-term resolution Friday to keep the federal government from shutting down, at least until April 8.
Congressman Bob Goodlatte and House Majority leader Eric Cantor were both in Harrisonburg Friday.
Both congressmen say Washington is trying to make sense of the fiscal mess and they say it's partly because there was no budget put forth by Congress last year.
Cantor says Congress is trying to prevent a recurrence of the budget crisis that is happening this year.
He says, "It's all part of our trying to come together and realize that the money's just not there. So we have to go about prioritizing, rooting out waste, basically doing the same thing that families have to do just tighten the belt."
Goodlatte says more growth in the Valley is dependent on a realistic budget.
He says, "They're interfering with the economies of so many industries here in the Shenandoah Valley by making it harder and harder to do business here and harder to create jobs."
Cantor says they are trying to change the culture in Washington, because if they can't, we may be headed toward a more serious financial crisis.
Cantor says most Americans are doing right by living on a budget and Goodlatte comments Washington can take a financial lesson from such Americans.
"I think the American families get that and I think they're sending that message to us, that they have to live within their means right now," says Goodlatte.
Both Goodlatte and Cantor want to see America grow again, as a country and financially.
Cantor says, "The people of this country deserve a federal government that spends money like they do."
In the legislation approved Friday, there are $6 billion in additional spending cuts.
Both Cantor and Goodlatte believe this second stopgap measure will be the last.
Cantor also says the U.S. House will present its vision for next year's budget within the month.
