Commentary
How many people, let alone senators, could actually have read the 4,155-page, $1.7 trillion—with a “T”—spending bill rocketing its way through Congress before the Christmas break?
Not even the best student in the history of Evelyn Wood’s speed reading school, I would wager.
But what does it matter? It’s not about the contents anyway. It’s about ignoring them (see end) while spending as much as possible before the bell rings and a new group of legislators comes in to—maybe, perhaps—put a halt to this madness.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared this a victory for the Republicans, bragging that, for once, defense spending appears to outweigh domestic spending….