Freedom First Society (@freedomfirstorg)

The omnibus and minibus bills that America is accustomed to are a violation of regular order (i.e., separate votes on the 12 independent appropriations bills). The damaging procedure of voting on several independent bills amassed into one bill, on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, supports big spending. Grouping several bills together allows congressmen to argue that they had to support the bad in order not to reject the good. In fact, many bad features and poison pills slipped in by congressional leadership get approved in this way. A tough, constitutionalist Senate or president would refuse to accept a minibus or omnibus.