A Gift From Congress: $1.4 Trillion Spending Bill With Increased Funding For Education Department and Common Core
By Carole H. Haynes, Ph.D. January 1, 2020
American taxpayers got a very expensive Christmas gift from Congress -- another $1.4 trillion added to our more than $23 trillion debt. As usual, the bill was pushed to the midnight hour, creating a faux panic about a government shutdown and forcing members to sign a bill thousands of page in length, without having time to read it.