Politico reports on the Democrats omnibus bill that is truly an omnibuster - with a few complicit Republicans such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator John Thune going back on the GOP pledges to cut spending and lessen the side of government.
From Peanut Research to Pig Waste, Pork-Laden Spending Bill Called a ‘Monstrosity’
Defying the political odds, Senate Democrats rolled out a year-end, governmentwide spending bill Tuesday that cuts more than $26 billion from President Barack Obama’s 2011 requests even as it holds firm to thousands of the appropriations earmarks so adamantly opposed by critics of Congress.
Filling more than 1,900 pages, the $1.1 trillion measure represents an increase of less than 2 percent in annual spending but makes for an easy target of ridicule — a last stand by the Senate’s old bulls before the tea party takeover. In a scene reminiscent of the movie “Casablanca,” top Republicans expressed shock, shock that there was gambling still in Rick’s Cafe even after their own members have been quietly working to write the bill and gather GOP votes for passage.
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