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, and getting this bill done for the American people, which really matters, is the most important thing.”

Senator Rand Paul said, “I brought along the 1.7 trillion, 4,000+ page Pelosi-Schumer omnibus spending bill that’s being fast-tracked through the Senate. This process stinks. It’s an abomination. It’s a no good rotten way to run government. We’re standing up and saying NO.”

The massive $1.7 trillion bill was released earlier that day with the expectations that Congress shall vote on it Wednesday. Several Republicans criticized the 4,200-page bill as more wasteful spending from the federal government passed without any clear knowledge of what’s in the text.

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Q: 4100 page bill this morning vote tomorrow? SCHUMER: bill well known weeks & weeks in advance