Santa's Little Scalpers ; Congress Loads Omnibus Bill with Hidden Extras

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that become public only belatedly

Americans are suffering the horrible hangover that follows Congress' annual end-of-the-year spending binge. It's not just the omnibus bill's $388-billion price tag that hurts, but all the other goodies that get stuffed into the bill, and are discovered only belatedly, when Congress turns the measure into the legislative equivalent of Santa's bulging bag of giveaways.

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Santa's Little Scalpers ; Congress Loads Omnibus Bill with Hidden Extras

One of many items that sneaked into Santa's sack this year was a more or less permanent extension of the federal "fee demonstration program," which allows national parks, forests and other federal parks to collect entrance and user fe...

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