#shorts Q: “How is it a functional process to drop a 4,100 page bill this morning, and expect a vote on it tomorrow? Most of Congress hasn’t had a chance to review it!” SCHUMER: “Most of the provisions of the bill were well known weeks and weeks and weeks in advance.”
On 12/20/2022, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., found himself getting pressed on whether he was overseeing a “functional process” to pass a massive federal government funding bill. Senate leaders unveiled a bipartisan, “omnibus” $1.7-trillion spending bill to keep the government operating on Tuesday. The bill totals more than 4,000 pages, and Schumer was put on the defensive about it during a press conference. “How is it a functional process to drop a 4,100 page bill this morning and expect a vote on it tomorrow?” CNN’s Manu Raju asked. “Most of Congress hasn’t had a chance to review this.” Schumer replied that “most” of the provisions were already known in advance. CONGRESS RELEASES SPENDING BILL TO FUND GOVERNMENT THROUGH SEPTEMBER “The bill has been carefully worked on by the Appropriations Committee for a very, very long time,” Schumer said. “Most of the provisions were well known weeks and weeks and weeks in advance
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/xHpXpw4AXZA
Q: 4100 page this morning & vote tomorrow? SCHUMER: well known weeks & weeks