So we all know that the House was able to cut about 1,500 pages of a ridiculous bill continuing

resolution that was filled with waste and abuse and just pure corruption of Washington, D.C.

We know now that the Senate has passed it, so there's not going to be a government shutdown.

Now, in general,

I want to be clear, this is great news. That is the headline. The question is, how was the deal done

and how did it turn out to be so different than what was originally going to happen? It is the

art of the deal. That's the best way I can describe it. And it was a deal that

certainly was going to put us in a better place than we were before because many conservatives

were willing to stand up and fight hard. The MAGA revolt, that's how it's being described

in the press right now, slash the original 1,547 page spending bill all the way down

to just 118 pages. This Friday and the House bill to avert a government shutdown was

trimmed by 1,359 pages after conservatives said no.

We are not going to have this massive expansion of government in a continuing resolution,

and we're not going to have the pork barrel spinning in the CR as well.

House Speaker, Mike Johnson's original measure was filled with pork.

There's no doubt about it.

Now, he also had to work a deal because he had to deal with Republicans and Democrats,

and that's a very tough spot to be in.

I want to be clear about that.

I'm going to explain more about why I say that in a moment.

But the reduction in size

underscores what I would say is a failure by the pork barrel spenders in D.C. who wanted to pass a

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