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$1.4 Trillion Spending Package Crammed with Unrelated Provisions

Associated Press

   House leaders on Monday unveiled a $1.4 trillion government-wide
   spending package that's carrying an unusually large load of unrelated
   provisions catching a ride on the last train out of Congress this year.

   A House vote is slated for Tuesday on the sprawling package, some 2,313
   pages long, as lawmakers wrap up reams of unfinished work -- and vote
   on impeaching President Donald Trump.

   The mammoth measure takes a split-the-differences approach that's a
   product of divided power in Washington, offering lawmakers of all
   stripes plenty to vote for -- and against. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
   D-Calif., was a driving force, along with administration pragmatists
   such as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who negotiated the
   summertime budget deal that it implements.

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