Democrat-Socialists plan to work (they use that word a little too carelessly) through the weekend to ratify the new “Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty” (START Treaty) together with a Trillion Dollar Spending Bill to keep non-essential government employees on the job.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV hopes that his colleagues will consider a $1.108 Trillion Dollar Omnibus Spending bill loaded with about 6,000 earmarks simultaneously with the START Treaty with the former Soviet regime.
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, D-MO Proposed $48 Billion Dollar Earmark
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