Some Good News From the Spending Bill
Despite the fact that Democrats caved in their effort to scrap the Mexico City Policy, there are some good bits lurking in the Omnibus Spending Bill. According to Heritage’s annoying-but-useful Omnibusting blog, “The omnibus cuts $93 Billion in military assistance under Plan Colombia from President’s request, meaning that fixed-wing and helicopter interdiction programs critical to the success of Plan Colombia are likely to be curtailed or stopped entirely.” Because nothing says success like the street price of cocaine crashing and purity going up.
