Republicans betray voters on omnibus spending bill. This Congress wasted nearly $500 billion -- including funding ‘a steroid-induced hamster fight club.’
which I can almost guarantee no one has read in its entirety, is loaded with more pork than Porky Pig carries on his overweight body. Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, is among the few calling out his colleagues for their spending orgy, though few seem to care so long as they are getting their share of the largesse. In what he calls his annual"Festivus Report," Sen. Paul lists some of the
They include what he called"a whopping $482,276,543,907 of waste, including a steroid-induced hamster fight club, a study to see if kids love their pets, and a study of the romantic patterns of parrots and coffee machines for the Pentagon." Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took to Twitter to mock the 4,155 page $1.7 trillion omnibus bill that was made public earlier.$1.2 million for"LGBTQIA+ Pride Centers" and another $1.
Outlandish omnibus funding includes $3.6 million for a Georgia trail named after former first lady Michelle Obama.$750,000 for the"TransLatin@ Coalition" to provide"workforce development programs and supportive services for Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex immigrant women in Los Angeles."No wonder they waited until after the election to pass what Heritage rightly calls"a betrayal of America's voters' wishes" as expressed at the ballot box.
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