After months of a looming threat of a government shutdown, this week saw it ramped up to high drama, with asinine politics and partisan accusations tossed around as the battle over the Continuing Resolution exploded. Also exploding was the bill itself, as what was to be an emergency stop-gap document swelled into a 1,500-page monolith of pork.
The political games were in full effect, with the attempt to ramrod this spending opportunity with only a three-day window of approval employed. Fortunately, this bloated bill was exposed for the sham it was and spiked early in the attempt. Then we saw another practiced D.C. tactic whenever spending cuts are threatened – highlighting cutting sensitive programs over the wasteful pork. For this iteration, the hacks brought up kids with cancer, and it was as desperate a move as it was easily shown to be an impotent…
