Hey big spenders, don't complain if you lose power
by Washington Examiner | Feb 12, 2018, 12:01 AM
On Friday morning, President Trump signed a new spending deal and ended a brief overnight government shutdown.
Republicans groused, but not about the bipartisan spending bill they had just approved, which eradicates the fiscal restraint created by the Tea Party Congress in 2011. Rather, they were grousing about the fact that the bill could have passed without controversy on Thursday afternoon, allowing them to get a good night's sleep, but for the meddlesome junior senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul.
Paul took to the Senate floor on Thursday and formally objected to holding the vote. This delayed the process for nine hours and forced the final tally to take place in the wee hours of the morning.
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