I'm John Popp, I'm Virginia Allen, and this is the daily signal top news for Thursday,

December 22nd.

Here are today's headlines.

The Senate just passed a massive $1.85 trillion dollar omnibus spending package one day before

at Steadline.

The bill passed 68 to 29.

The 18 Republican Senators who reportedly voted for the bill include Roy Blenet-Mizuri,

John Boosman of Arkansas, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Susan Collins of Maine,

John Cornett of Texas, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Jim Inhofe

of Oklahoma, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska,

Bob Portman of Ohio, Mitt Romney of Utah, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Richard Shelby of

Alabama, John Thune of South Dakota, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and Todd Young of Indiana.

The bill now heads to the house where it's expected to pass this evening or tomorrow,

the Senate Press Gallery reported.

Matthew Dickerson, director of the Heritage Foundation's Budget Center, told the daily

signal this massive omnibus bill would cost taxpayers about $1.9 trillion next year at

a time when American families are hurting from high inflation and the government is already

$31 trillion in debt.

It's filled with wokey remarks and advances the left's big government policy agenda.

The Senate vote was initially delayed because of a dispute over immigration.

The New York Times reports that Senator Mike Lee, who has been one of the most vocal

opponents of the bill, along with Senators Rick Scott and Rand Paul, demanded a vote on

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