 Early in his career , Ford supported a constitutional amendment against desegregation busing . He also floated a proposal to put the federal budget on a two @-@ year cycle , believing too much time was spent annually on budget wrangling . This idea , based on the model used in the Kentucky state budget , was never implemented . During the Ninety @-@ fifth Congress ( 1977 – 1979 ) , he was chairman of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences . 
