My senator, Mike Lee, emails on how the spending bill was produced behind closed doors, crafted by just a few congressional leaders. It it not just the substance of the omnibus spending bill that bothers him, but the manner in which it was crafted.
I agree with him. The public's business should be done in the public arena. Just me, perhaps, but I'm amazed congress goes behind closed doors. It just seems it should be understood, this is not acceptable -- especially when you are considering how to spend our money.
Our money? And we cannot even listen in on what you are doing with it?
I also agree with Sen. Lee in that the creation of the bill should not be done just by a few, but, rather, with all congressional representatives allowed to participate. What of the adage, "Taxation without representation is tyranny"? If only some of the congressional leaders are involved, most of us are not represented.
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