Congress can’t seem to shake its spending problem. On Wednesday, the House passed six out of twelve spending bills, packaged into one bill called a “minibus,” to the tune of over $450 billion. That is $70 billion over the caps established by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) earlier this year and $30 billion more than former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) 2023 levels. Keep in mind, the total national debt is $34.5 trillion and the federal deficit for this fiscal year is already $531 billion – meaning the government has already spent over half a trillion dollars more than they have brought in through taxes!