{"id":1782666,"date":"2022-12-21T10:33:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782666"},"modified":"2022-12-21T10:33:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:33:52","slug":"packed-with-pork-senate-passes-1-7-trillion-4155-page-bill-that-no-one-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/packed-with-pork-senate-passes-1-7-trillion-4155-page-bill-that-no-one-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Packed With Pork: Senate Passes $1.7 Trillion 4,155-Page Bill That No One Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpacked-with-pork-senate-passes-1-7-trillion-4155-page-bill-that-no-one-read%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782666&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Senate on Tuesday morning put forward a massive spending package to shell out some $1.7 trillion in the next fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>The bill totaled 4,155 pages. By Tuesday evening, the Senate passed the legislation by a 70-25 vote.<\/p>\n<p>So who read it? Well, no one. Certainly not any of the senators. This <a href=\"https:\/\/basmo.app\/how-long-does-it-take-to-read-100-pages\/#:~:text=While%20a%20slow%20reader%20will,60%20pages%20in%20one%20hour.\">site<\/a> says the average reader can get through 40 pages an hour, so it\u2019d take 103 hours \u2014 4.3 days if you read for 24 hours a day \u2014 to get through the whole bill.<\/p>\n<p>But lawmakers wouldn\u2019t have read it, anyway. It\u2019s congressional staffers who get the order to skim the bill as fast as they can and then inform their bosses what\u2019s in it.<\/p>\n<p>The last week before the winter holiday break is really the one week lawmakers do the job they were elected to do: run the government. Only when they\u2019re faced with having to work over Christmas do they buckle down.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation is known as an \u201comnibus\u201d bill. Not that long ago, Congress used to consider appropriations bills for a dozen various government agencies separately, debating them for days or weeks before passing each solo. Now, they\u2019re all jammed together into one unreadable bill.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) rightly says the process \u201cstinks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI brought along the 1.7 trillion, 4,000+ page Pelosi-Schumer omnibus spending bill that\u2019s being fast-tracked through the Senate,\u201d Paul wrote on Twitter. \u201cThis process stinks. It\u2019s an abomination. It\u2019s a no good rotten way to run government. We\u2019re standing up and saying NO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I brought along the 1.7 trillion, 4,000+ page Pelosi-Schumer omnibus spending bill that&#8217;s being fast-tracked through the Senate. This process stinks. It&#8217;s an abomination. It&#8217;s a no good rotten way to run government. We&#8217;re standing up and saying NO. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wom6xKEeQh\">pic.twitter.com\/Wom6xKEeQh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRandPaul\/status\/1605295030305816576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bill is also packed with pork \u2014 special interest projects pushed by various lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>The Heritage Foundation said the bill includes:<\/p>\n<p>$1 million for Zora\u2019s House in Ohio, a \u201ccoworking and community space\u201d for \u201cwomen and gender-expansive people of color.\u201d$3 million for the American LGBTQ+ Museum in New York City.$3.6 million for a Michelle Obama Trail in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcb8 $1 million for Zora\u2019s House in Ohio, a \u201ccoworking and community space\u201d for \u201cwomen and gender-expansive people of color.\u201d<br \/>\ud83d\udcb8 $3 million for the American LGBTQ+ Museum in New York City.<br \/>\ud83d\udcb8 $3.6 million for a Michelle Obama Trail in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heritage\/status\/1605233874019438595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bill also honors departing speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) by renaming a federal building in San Francisco the \u201cSpeaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building.\u201d And the legislation names a $2 million foreign service grant program the \u201cNancy Pelosi Fellowship Program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everything gets stuffed into a bill like this. <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/congress\/17t-omnibus-bill-stuffed-pork-and-gop-lawmakers-should-oppose-it-conservatives\">According<\/a> to Just The News, it includes \u201ca waiver allowing Boeing to miss its Dec. 27 legal deadline for fixing defective 737 Max airliners.\u201d The outlet also noted new regulations on cosmetics, horse racing, and 401k reforms such as \u201cdelaying mandatory withdrawals to age 75.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legislation includes $772.5 billion for non-defense discretionary spending and $858 billion in defense funding, according to a bill summary from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.<\/p>\n<p>Not coincidentally, the bill also names some stuff after the 82-year-old senator, who is retiring.<\/p>\n<p>The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act\u2019s \u201cAccess to Local Foods: Farm to School Program\u201d will become the \u201cAccess to Local Foods: Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program.\u201d The \u201cLake Champlain Basin Program\u201d will become the \u201cPatrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program.\u201d And the bill provides $30 million for the \u201cPatrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an omnibus bill, everybody gets their beak wet. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) requested at least 19 earmarks totaling more than $60 million in the $1.7 trillion bill. That includes $2 million for the \u201crehabilitation of Bering Sea Women\u2019s Shelter for Bering Sea Women\u2019s Group,\u201d Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/12\/20\/lisa-murkowski-granted-least-19-earmarks-totaling-60-million-omnibus-bill\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In total, there are more than 3,200 special project earmarks from lawmakers, with a total cost topping $5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) took to Twitter to say that not every senator will help congressional leadership \u201cram\u201d the omnibus through the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill has been written in large measure by two retiring senators, one Republican and one Democrat. Why should we move heaven and earth trying to force their priorities on the very people they keep in the dark\u2014all according to two senators\u2019 contrived, manipulative timeline?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A good question, Mike. But it didn\u2019t matter. In the end, 21 Republicans voted to pass the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Same as it ever was.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"553f3a2630253d362027391531343c392c223c27307b363a38\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a> and follow him on<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate on Tuesday morning put forward a massive spending package to shell out some $1.7 trillion in the next fiscal year. The bill totaled 4,155 pages. By Tuesday evening, the Senate passed the legislation by a 70-25 vote. So who read it? Well, no one. Certainly not any of the senators. 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