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After days of negotiations, the Senate secured a deal on passage of the $1.7 trillion government spending bill, as lawmakers scrambled to avoid a shutdown before the Friday night deadline. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said “We have an agreement. Now we will vote on all the amendments in order and then vote on final passage. It’s taken a while but it is worth it.” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he was “optimistic” that the Senate would finish the bill. And then there’s the junior senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul, who mocked the entire process.
Excerpted from “The First TV”:
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul released a video in which he recites a hilarious version of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. Paul’s take on the classic Christmas tale is a send-up of the $1.7 trillion federal spending bill that’s currently making its way through the U.S. Senate.
“The earmarks were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas would soon be there,” Sen. Paul reads. “The Senators were nestled all snug in their beds while visions of pork danced in their heads.”
