Facing up to the fact that the times are, indeed, changing:
Democrats controlling the Senate have abandoned a 1,924-page catchall spending measure that’s laced with homestate pet projects known as earmarks and that would have provided another $158 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nevada Democrat Harry Reid gave up on the nearly $1.3 trillion bill after several Republicans who had been thinking of voting for the bill pulled back their support.
GOP leader Mitch McConnell threw his weight against the bill in recent days, saying it was in his words “unbelievable” that Democrats would try to muscle through in just a few days legislation that usually takes months to debate…
A bit of a triumph for fiscal sanity – as McConnell and other GOPers have suggested, what should happen is a “stand pat” continuing resolution to carry government operations through the next few weeks until the new Congress is seated and laws based upon the will of the American people can be considered.
UPDATE: Party like it’s 1773 – this is the anniversary of the Boston Tea party!
