IN TYPICAL FASHION

In typical fashion, despite having an expected $482 billion budget deficit for next year, and trying to blame it entirely on the Republicans and Pres. Bush (and they are partly to blame - but the Dems have done nothing to curtail spending), Majority Leader (D) Harry Reid tried to slide through an omnibus earmark package totaling another $10 billion of spending. Earmarks that had previously been thwarted.

Fortunately, Republican Senator Tom Colburn of Oklahoma led the way to prevent it from going through. Our government just cannot have enough of our money.