Cord Byrd: “I hope that the Senate does not once again fall prey to this monster known as an omnibus. An omnibus is a legislative…”

“I hope that the Senate does not once again fall prey to this monster known as an omnibus. An omnibus is a legislative creation without a mother or a father. It is more like a Frankenstein creature--a being patched together from old legislative body parts that don't quite fit. And just as Dr. Frankenstein was quite surprised by the results of his creation, so may we be startled by the results of ours. Hastily drafted legislation, as Senators in this body well know, often has strange and unintended consequences. This omnibus would include at least three and as many as seven bills. It would be at least a $130 billion ``Frankenstein'' of a bill, and no one knows what other appendages would be attached to it as the Republican leaders rush to close out this session of Congress.”