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House Rules Committee members Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., center, and Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., right, pose for a selfie with a large printout of the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill as it arrives at the panel for consideration, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. The bill will fund the government for the 2016 budget year and extend $680 billion in tax cuts for businesses and individuals. President Barack Obama is expected to sign the legislation. (

The ‘Read the Bill Act’

The 2,000 page, $1.1 trillion Omnibus signed into law before Christmas fully funds Planned Parenthood, Obamacare, illegal executive amnesty, EPA overreach and the Syrian refugee program among other horrible organizations and programs. In response, I have introduced legislation to hit the brakes on runaway legislation: the Read the Bill Act.

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Rep. Justin Amash Seeks to Stop Intrusive Cybersecurity Legislation Slipped into Omnibus Bill

There are many problems with funding our gigantic, intrusive federal government by passing gigantic omnibus bills in a blind year-end panic, as has become customary in decadent Washington, D.C. One problem is that voters don’t know what their “representatives” have slipped into those gruesome trillion-dollar pork sausages. Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) is trying to repeal a controversial cybersecurity law that slipped under America’s nose in the omnibus package, despite public unease about similar measures in the past.

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Feeling the Heat: Paul Ryan Blames Sessions and Internet for Omnibus Muslim Migration ‘Hyperbole’

In a Tuesday morning interview with radio host Bill Bennett, House Speaker Paul Ryan implied that prominent conservative lawmakers have helped spread “misinformation” about his $1.1 trillion omnibus spending package–a bill which presumptive Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described as “a great victory for the principles Democrats stand for.”

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Breitbart News Daily: Paul Ryan’s Budget and America’s Demise

On the December 21, Breitbart News Daily show, on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 6AM to 9AM EST, host and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon will interview a number of guests and talk about the Democrat presidential debate, Paul Ryan’s omnibus bill, and the threat of radical Islam among other important current events.

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Jeff Sessions Challenges Paul Ryan

While members of House Freedom Caucus are giving Paul Ryan a public pass on the omnibus, populist thought leader Jeff Sessions is weighing in strongly. Sessions, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, chided Ryan for making publicly false statements about the contents of the legislation.

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Watch: Obama Thanks Congress for Passing Omnibus

Friday at his 2015 year-end news conference, President Barack Obama thanked Congress for passing the $1.1 trillion year-end omnibus spending bill that he claimed would put people back to work and would benefit the country as a whole. Obama said,

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An Early Christmas Present

In 2014, Americans entrusted Republicans with Senate and House majorities to stop the Obama agenda, but Republicans refused to get in the driver’s seat of Congress. Instead, they offer this back-room, bloated bill to hike spending by another $50 Billion. It is strongly supported by Obama, Pelosi, and Reid – and strongly opposed by nearly every major segment of the Republican Party.