A $1.1 trillion spending bill laced with budget increases and more than 5,000 congressional pet projects passed the House on Thursday amid criticism from Republicans and watchdog groups.

The package — which combines six annual spending bills into one — includes $447 billion in operating expenses, with an average increase of 10%, and more than $600 billion for Medicare and Medicaid.

It was approved 221 to 202 and now moves to the Senate. No House Republicans voted for the bill, and 28 Democrats broke with their party to oppose it.

USA Today

Not surprisingly, John Spratt was one of the 221 to vote for driving our nation further into bankruptcy and mortgaging our children’s and great-grandchildren’s futures.  When our nation is $12 trillion in debt we cannot afford to continue spending trillions of dollars a year and increasing entitlement programs.  John Spratt’s vote is irresponsible and is hypocritical of his claim that he hardly ever votes against his constituents.  If that were true, why is he trying to ruin your kids’ futures?