Mitch McConnell's One-Page Bill

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is today going to introduce “a clean, one-page continuing resolution that keeps government funded through February 18^th at current spending levels.” This, however, is not a capitulation to the Democratic-led Senate — it’s a temporary hold, giving Congress more time to figure out how it should fund the government. “Once the new Congress is sworn in,” McConnell said in a statement, “we’ll have a chance to pass a less expensive bill free of wasteful spending.”