Some senators balk at omnibus spending bill: $1.7 trillion, 4,100 pages, and full of earmarks to shock taxpayers

The Wall Street Journal calls it the “ugliest omnibus bill ever.” Congress will pass a 4,155-page bill most members will never read. That’s more than three times longer than a copy of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. The spending bill is full of $8,500 per American adult. Or in other words, that $8,500 in taxes per … Continue reading Some senators balk at omnibus spending bill: $1.7 trillion, 4,100 pages, and full of earmarks to shock taxpayers