© UnknownRep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.). (AP)
On Capitol Hill on Thursday, CNSNews.com asked Blumenauer: "The omnibus bill yesterday, it was 1,582 pages, did you have a chance to read all the pages before voting on it?"
Blumenauer laughed and said: "Nobody did!"
"Nobody did?" said the CNSNews.com reporter.
Comment: Of the Omnibus Bill - did Rep. Connolly read 1,582-Pg. $1.1T Bill 'I'm Not Going to Dignify That Question With an Answer'. Similar question put to Rep. Mark Meadows: Didn't 'Personally' Read All 1,582 Pg. Spending Bill -- Voted No.
"Nope," said Blumenauer.
On Capitol Hill on Thursday, CNSNews.com asked Blumenauer: "The omnibus bill yesterday, it was 1,582 pages, did you have a chance to read all the pages before voting on it?"
Blumenauer laughed and said: "Nobody did!"
"Nobody did?" said the CNSNews.com reporter.
"Nope," said Blumenauer.
In an e-mail to CNSNews.com, Blumenauer's communications director, Patrick Malone, said: "A reminder that the Republicans complained and complained about not having time to read bills when the Dems were in charge and then keep dropping bombs like this on us."
U.S. currency. (AP Photo)
Sixty-four Republicans and three Democrats voted against the legislation. The final vote was 359-67. The legislation was opposed by conservative groups and conservative members of Congress.
The bill increases federal spending by $44.8 billion this year over the spending level previously set by Congress.
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The more I live, the more I am convinced that politicians are useless. We need a team of technocrats as delegates to govern the country, controlled by local committees of motivated and knowledgeable democrats.
Local power should prevail for all things that don't need national or international coordination.
Exactly the opposite of what we are seeing now in the US and EU. Power is diabolic, evil. It should be broken down and given to people we know closely and can trust or dismiss if not fit to the job.
Revolution is now or never.