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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

As Congress unveils a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package, the question is how many

kitchens sinks did they throw in at the end? Welcome, Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassel and editorial board member, Kate

Batchel, the Rodelle. The bill was dropped early Tuesday morning, it is 4,155 pages, and Congress

is now expected to pass it here in a matter of days. They haven't read it, the press is only

beginning to digest what's in this piece of legislation. But let's start with what they're saying,

and first we have this morning Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and then Minority Leader

Mitch McConnell. From start to finish, from top to bottom, this omnibus is bold, generous,

far-reaching, and ambitious. It's not everything we would have wanted, of course. Lots of new

dealing in a bipartisan, bicameral way. You have to sit down and get it done, and that means

each side has to concede some things. But it is something that we can be very proud of, all of us.

Now, we must get this done before Friday. Well, before that, if possible.

Now, there's no question that an omnibus spending bill, less than one week before Christmas,

is not the right way to run the appropriations process or the Senate chamber. Things should

be done differently, more responsibly, with more foresight, and more planning. And when

the Republicans control the majority, thanks, were in fact done differently, more responsibly,

with more foresight.

Kim, almost 4,200 pages here. It calls to my mind the phrase, Throne Under the Omnibus,

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