Pork Watchdog Applauds Derailment Of Omnibus Bill

Citizens Against Government Waste, a Washington, D.C. based watchdog group, issued a statement Friday applauding plans to shelve the Omnibus spending bill.

“Americans sent an unambiguous message to the politicians in Washington on November 2 that they wanted self-dealing, pork-barrel spending to end and Congress to cut wasteful spending.  It only took members seven weeks to heed their message,” CAGW President Tom Schatz said “Driving the omnibus over a cliff is the best Christmas present that Washington can give to the taxpayers.”

As an alternative to the omnibus bill, the Senate will take on a continuing resolution to extend current levels of spending until the next Congress comes into session.