Novak: Czar Nancy's Rule

Anyone who feels that government spends too much money will probably be annoyed with Bob Novak's description of what has happened to the last remnants of fiscal discipline in the House.

There has been little or no public Republican protest over seizure of the appropriating process by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her clique. For the second straight year, no appropriations bill other than defense is scheduled for passage. Instead, spending details are crafted in the Speaker's Office, negating President George W. Bush's veto strategy. In a little-noticed maneuver April 23, Pelosi won passage of a bill preventing Medicaid billions from being saved through Bush administration regulations. Despite the GOP leadership's nominal opposition, House Republicans voted for higher spending by two to one.

...Unchanged in Nancy Pelosi's House is bipartisan devotion to the three-day week.

Democrats voted unanimously for Nancy's spending plans, while only 1/3 of Republicans bothered to vote against them.