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This one was to, presumably, stop the gov't from shutting down. It is 1200 pages long and absolutely no one knows what all is in it. Not one person read it.
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House approves $1T omnibus spending bill in easy 296-121 vote
The House easily approved a $1 trillion omnibus Friday, sending the bill to a Senate for a likely weekend vote.
Senate passage would send the bill to the White House and avert a government shutdown, but won't end Congress's business for the year. Lawmakers are expected to return to Washington next week to complete work on an extension of a payroll tax cut.
Despite the frictions between the two parties throughout the week, the bill was approved in an overwhelming 296-121 vote. Thirty-five Democrats and 86 Republicans voted against it. More Democrats (149) voted for the package than Republicans (147).
The bill, H.R. 2055, covers spending for Defense, Energy and Water, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Interior, Labor/Health and Human Services, Legislative Branch, Military Construction/VA, and State/Foreign Operations.
Broad support for the bill among Democrats in large part reflected the reality that without passage, the government would shut down at midnight Friday. Several Democrats grumbled about the process for considering the bill in early in floor debate, but House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) called on all his colleagues to support it, even though few, if any, have read it.
"I rise in strong support of this bill, and I urge my colleagues to support this piece of legislation," Hoyer said. "None of them have read it."
Republican lawmaker calls the omnibus spending bill a 'crap sandwich'
By Pete Kasperowicz and Erik Wasson - 12/16/11 02:44 PM ET
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), who voted for the omnibus spending bill along with 146 other Republicans, called the measure a "crap sandwich" and said he wished it cut more.
"I have consistently said throughout my time in Washington that the American people deserve more from their government," he said. "This bill is a crap sandwich! You definitely do not want to bite into it, you cannot stand the taste, but you know you have to eat it."
He said the bill does "inch us forward towards our ultimate goal of restoring fiscal sanity." Other frustrated Republicans, 86 in all, voted against it — more Democrats voted for the bill (149) than Republicans (147)."
Both articles on this are below
House approves $1T omnibus spending bill in easy 296-121 vote
The House easily approved a $1 trillion omnibus Friday, sending the bill to a Senate for a likely weekend vote.
Senate passage would send the bill to the White House and avert a government shutdown, but won't end Congress's business for the year. Lawmakers are expected to return to Washington next week to complete work on an extension of a payroll tax cut.
Despite the frictions between the two parties throughout the week, the bill was approved in an overwhelming 296-121 vote. Thirty-five Democrats and 86 Republicans voted against it. More Democrats (149) voted for the package than Republicans (147).
The bill, H.R. 2055, covers spending for Defense, Energy and Water, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Interior, Labor/Health and Human Services, Legislative Branch, Military Construction/VA, and State/Foreign Operations.
Broad support for the bill among Democrats in large part reflected the reality that without passage, the government would shut down at midnight Friday. Several Democrats grumbled about the process for considering the bill in early in floor debate, but House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) called on all his colleagues to support it, even though few, if any, have read it.
"I rise in strong support of this bill, and I urge my colleagues to support this piece of legislation," Hoyer said. "None of them have read it."
Republican lawmaker calls the omnibus spending bill a 'crap sandwich'
By Pete Kasperowicz and Erik Wasson - 12/16/11 02:44 PM ET
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), who voted for the omnibus spending bill along with 146 other Republicans, called the measure a "crap sandwich" and said he wished it cut more.
"I have consistently said throughout my time in Washington that the American people deserve more from their government," he said. "This bill is a crap sandwich! You definitely do not want to bite into it, you cannot stand the taste, but you know you have to eat it."
He said the bill does "inch us forward towards our ultimate goal of restoring fiscal sanity." Other frustrated Republicans, 86 in all, voted against it — more Democrats voted for the bill (149) than Republicans (147)."
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