The Omnibus Spending Bill Is Stalled In The Senate

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According to Power Line Blog and the Washington Times, the omnibus appropriations bill for the remainder of the fiscal year is stalled in the Senate.  According to the Washington TImes, Congress today passed a

"temporary spending measure to keep the government open through Wednesday as lawmakers struggled over an omnibus appropriations bill for the remainder of the fiscal year."

Power Line stated that the bill was pulled when Harry Reid realized that both Russ Feingold (D) and Evan Bayh (D) planned to vote against it.  According to the Washington Times:

"The Senate vote is so close that Mr. Reid said he was setting up next week's schedule to give ailing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, "ample time" to come to the Capitol. After a long absence, Mr. Kennedy returned to Washington this week but is still receiving treatment for brain cancer."

Senators run for reelection every six years.  This spending bill is popular with government employees and unpopular with people in private business.  Some Senators are realizing that if the economy does not quickly improve, the voters may not forget who passed all of this massive spending.  Hopefully, this realization will change a few more votes to 'no'.

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