It's not all bad, especially the hike in defense spending. But it makes a solid case against wasteful "earmarks." And where's the money to bolster our southern border?
One more point to add. If they would go back to regular order and have the Appropriations Committee report out individual appropriations bills for cabinet departments like they are supposed to (or grouped together in 2s and 3s -- there were 12 individual appropriations bills back when I worked up there), rather than lumping all of them into one omnibus, they would avoid the sticker shock of one bill at $1.7 trillion and save themselves some headache.
Agree. That was largely my point in complaining about how badly broken the process has become. I don't think they've passed all 12 or 13 appropriations bills on time for more than 20 years.
One more point to add. If they would go back to regular order and have the Appropriations Committee report out individual appropriations bills for cabinet departments like they are supposed to (or grouped together in 2s and 3s -- there were 12 individual appropriations bills back when I worked up there), rather than lumping all of them into one omnibus, they would avoid the sticker shock of one bill at $1.7 trillion and save themselves some headache.
Agree. That was largely my point in complaining about how badly broken the process has become. I don't think they've passed all 12 or 13 appropriations bills on time for more than 20 years.