January 5, 2016 --

The following is taken from LPR's lead December 19, 2014 -- NOT December 19, 2015: "The trillion dollar-plus spending bill pass[ed] by Congress was a huge Christmas present for the president and government insiders." With House Speaker Paul Ryan having replaced John Boehner, the budget result was the same in December 2015 -- a vast Christmas present for President Obama and his policies.

Last year, The Wall Street Journal commented: "The 1,600 page omnibus bill that passed this weekend is no way to run a government."

This year the budget bill was hundreds of pages longer, and hardly any criticism was found, as LPR read them, on the editorial page of the pro-establishment Wall Street Journal.