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CHANGE: Harry Reid pulls $1.1 trillion spending bill from floor. ?Senate Democrats abruptly pulled?

By Glenn Reynolds

CHANGE: Harry Reid pulls $1.1 trillion spending bill from floor. “Senate Democrats abruptly pulled down an omnibus spending bill after senior Republicans ? caught with their hands in the cookie jar ? deserted the measure in an effort to square themselves with tea party activists and conservatives in the party.” Thank you, Tea Party activists. Again. Plus this: “Democrats have only themselves to blame for failing to pass any of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund the day-to-day operations of the government. At the same time, Republicans contributed mightily to this failure and are going through their own culture war ? torn between the Senate?s old-bull pork-barrel ways and the more temperate fiscal gospel of their new tea party allies.” I’m happy the Tea Party folks are winning — but then, today was an auspicious day for that.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on December 16, 2010 (boomark / email).