The $1.5 Trillion, 2,741 Page Spending Bill: Dems Dark Of Night Politics – The Lid

Early Wednesday morning, between 1 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., the House Appropriations Committee shoved through a $1.5 Trillion spending bill. They put it on their website but sent no notifications to lawmakers. The vote for the 2,741-page bill was set to take place at midday on Wednesday. No time to read it, no time to make amendments, no time to debate it. It was finally voted through in two pieces in a late-night session on Wednesday, after a kerfluffle within the Democrat party and Republicans over billions in Covid relief. Dems were all rushing to get to a retreat that had a Drag Queen performer. Priorities