Each year, Congress has to deal with 12 big spending bills to cover the costs of much of the federal government’s operations. The problem is that the dozen bills always are too big, call for too much spending and mean too much taxing — but still add a lot of red ink to our national debt.
How much will those 12 bills call for spending in the coming year?
Well, they’re being rolled into one “omnibus” bill that will cost about $1.2 trillion! But what exactly will that include? Details are just beginning to trickle out — since only two of the original 12 bills have even been made public!
Obviously acting blindly, the Democrat majority in the House of Representatives this week voted 212-206 for the omnibus bill, which would freeze most Cabinet departments’ funding — with some “exceptions.”
But does any member of Congress know what all is in the 423-page bill? And why did they rush? They rushed because the Democrats now hold a House majority — but Republicans will be in the majority next month, as a result of November’s elections.
Is blind voting “good business”?
Is it is economically smart or responsible for a recently defeated Democrat majority in the House to approve massive spending whose details have not even been made public — just to get ahead of a newly elected Republican House majority that wants deeper spending cuts?