Does Mr. Bush even know what he's buying with all his borrowed money? This just makes me sick.

This year, for the third year in a row, lawmakers delayed passing spending bills until the very last minute, then rolled most of them into a catchall measure called an omnibus. This year's bill, which passed Saturday night, was a 3,300-page legislative behemoth - stuffed with special projects for lawmakers and an embarrassing provision that would have allowed Congressional aides to examine citizens' tax returns - delivered to lawmakers just hours before they voted on it.

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