Congress is on a Christmas spending spree

Published December 13, 2023 8:49pm ET



At a time when federal deficits clock in at $2 trillion annually and with interest rates at historic highs, Congress should avoid complicity with President Joe Biden’s supplemental spending gamesmanship. Topping off federal budgets under the guise of emergency spending should not be viewed in isolation. It is part of a time-honored tradition of hoodwinking taxpayers with false claims of urgency.

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