Going Bust With Omnibus

In violent times
You shouldn't have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really, really ought to know
--Tears for Fears

With a multi-trillion 'omnibus' spending bill breezing thru both sides of a GOP majority Congress, we're once again reminded that there is little difference between your typical Hill Republican and the progressives that the party purports to oppose.

It’s a good thing we have Republican control of Congress or the Democrats might bust the budget caps, fund planned parenthood and Obamacare, and sneak gun control without due process into an Omni...wait, what?

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 21, 2018

The exceptions continue to be a handful of senators including Rand Paul, who yesterday actually printed out the entire 2200+ page bill (a 2+ hr endeavor in itself ) and spent the remainder of the day reading and tweeting bill provisions. He signed off last nite after about 500 pages.

Quiz Question #1: Calculate the time to read a 2232 page bill assuming each page takes 2 minutes to read.

Quiz Question #2: Estimate how many members of Congress have read the entire omnibus bill.

The other exceptions are House members collectively known as the Freedom Caucus. The Caucus has not been shy in its opposition to the spending bill. It also wrote the below letter to the president asking him to join the Caucus in vetoing the bill.

Were it not for these few Tea Party remainders, it would be difficult to maintain hope that sailing over the fast approaching cliff can be averted.