In between the nonstop Epstein revelations and the painful government shutdown, there was the most blatant act of Washington self-serving in recent memory. It was so inherently corrupt and done so sneakily and on the down low that it almost made it to law without the knowledge of any but a handful of insiders.
Here’s what happened: Just as the 43-day government shutdown was finally ending last week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune secretly slipped a gift to certain Republican senators into the shutdown-ending government funding package. Although it had absolutely nothing to do with the continuing resolution to fund the government, the result is a dirty secret.
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