Kevin McCarthy begged GOP senators to vote against the omnibus bill in the hope of pushing it into the laps of the new GOP House. It didn’t work; the bill passed the Senate with plenty of GOP support. In fact, the vote wasn’t even close. What do we learn from that?
Two things. First, that an impending blizzard just before Christmas is a wonderful tool to get politicians to concentrate. Second, that GOP senators have very little confidence that the new GOP House will behave reasonably and responsibly. They are, of course, correct about that.