On December 18th, Twitchy posted an article about the Continuing Resolution Bill currently being considered in Congress. Frankly, if we don’t hold the line on spending somewhere soon, we will never hold the line. The threat of a shutdown is getting old. Why not shut the government down for a month and let President Trump sort it out when he takes office. It’s Christmas (and Hanukkah), so everyone needs a vacation.

What is happening now is that Congress is being asked to pass a 1500-page bill that no one has had a chance to read. That is no way to run a government. Had Congress done their work in recent months and put something together in time to be read and considered, a vote might be appropriate. However, a vote on something no one has had time to read is not appropriate.

The article reports:

It’s déjà vu all over again at the US Capitol. A Friday deadline looms as Congress scrambles to pass a Continuing Resolution to avoid a government shutdown. House reps are in panic mode and tempers are flaring.

You think they’d have learned by now that all this undue stress could be avoided if they had just passed a budget.

House Speaker Mike Johnson faces intense criticism from fellow Republicans as the deadline to pass the CR approaches. Johnson had promised a clean stop-gap bill to provide funding for the government until March 14th. Critics claim what is being presented is a 1500-page omnibus spending bill disguised as a CR.

Johnson has indicated that he will adhere to the ’72-Hour’ rule, in which lawmakers have 3 days to review the 1500-page bill before a 12th-hour vote on Friday.

The article notes:

Republicans in the Senate may not have enough votes to kill the bill, but Rand Paul intends to delay it should it pass the House.

Thank you, Rand Paul. Every Congressman who votes for this bill should be primaried and voted out of office.