By Tom Purcell
"The lousy Republicans are supposed to decrease federal spending and get our deficit under control, not blow the budget even more!"
"Ah, yes, you speak of the massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill President Trump just signed into law. Members of Congress were only given 24 hours to read the 2,232-page monstrosity, which nobody did before voting for it."
"What the heck is an omnibus bill, anyhow?"
"It combines 13 separate appropriation bills, which Congress otherwise must pass and the president must sign, into a single bill that funds all government departments and activities.
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