When D.C. has the determination, they can work together to climb any mountain. Alas, these accomplishments are often a bane to the well-being of the nation.

There was more proof of it yesterday when the notorious $1.7 trillion omnibus bill was passed in the Senate by a vote of 68-29.

The bill in question spans 4,155 pages. It’s impossible that any of the Senators who voted for the bill have actually read and comprehend the impact of this bill.

Yet all efforts were spent to pass it.

Senators in D.C. who must have been exhausted from the constant exercise of repeated standing ovations for Ukrainian president Zelensky during his address to a joint meeting of Congress, yet they burned their midnight oil, perhaps striking shady deals with colleagues, to ensure the passage of the bill.

As they were reaching the finishing line, Republican Mike Lee of Utah placed an obstacle by introducing an amendment that would have prevented the Biden administration from rescinding Title 42.

Title 42 allows U.S. border officials to expel migrants and aspiring asylum-seekers owing to COVID-19. Title 42 was set to expire, but the Supreme Court issued a temporary order to retain these provisions.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was obviously concerned that ‘centrist’ Democrats would support Lee’s amendment. If Lee’s amendment were to pass in the Senate, it would essentially render the omnibus bill dead on arrival once in the House since where progressive Congressional Democrats support ending Title 42.

Lee’s amendment cut funding for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s office unless the Biden administration reinstates the Trump- era Title 42 policy, so old fox Schumer engaged in a crafty tactic to dodge Lee’s amendment.

Schumer collaborated with Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and Jon Tester (D- Montana) to develop an amendment similar to Lee’s that increases border funding and extends the Title 42 policy.

Sinema and Tester’s proposal was a watered down version of Lee’s. It would serve Democrat interests by granting $85 million for immigration judges to speed up asylum claims.

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