The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill is currently being debated in the House and could soon be in the Senate’s hands ahead of the midnight Friday shutdown deadline. Republican Sen. Rand Paul is among the spending bill’s major critics:
Shame, shame. A pox on both Houses – and parties. $1.3 trillion. Busts budget caps. 2200 pages, with just hours to try to read it.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 22, 2018
FYI- The 2200+ page, budget-busting Omnibus has been printing for two hours in my office and still isn’t done.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 22, 2018
The answer to “can Sen. Rand Paul lift the bill” is “yes,” but it sure does look heavy:
Well here it is, all 2,232 budget-busting pages. The House already started votes on it. The Senate is expected to soon. No one has read it. Congress is broken… pic.twitter.com/izvJlUEgUM
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 22, 2018
That’s a LOT of paper. Don’t pull a muscle, senator!
Fun Fact: The #Omnibus is more pages than Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead"… combined. #OmniBUST https://t.co/zpbyLFwV6Z
— Yates Wilburn (@YatesWilburn) March 22, 2018
More:
#BREAKINGNEWS Text of $1.3 Trillion Omnibus #Spending bill to avoid govt shutdown posted. 2,232 pages. Much more tomorrow on the 4am hour of @FoxFriendsFirst on @FoxNews. 24 hours to read 2000+ pages: https://t.co/QTJW4UXlAi
— Heather Childers (@HeatherChilders) March 22, 2018
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