Senate caps Secret Santa spending

WORLD-HERALD BUREAU ^ | 11-30-11 | Joseph Morton

[WOBBLY BOB]

Senate Republicans and Democrats have finally reached an iron-clad, bipartisan agreement to cap spending. Their Secret Santa presents won't cost more than $10. Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., and Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., organized the Senate gift exchange, which will take place at a holiday party sometime next month. An outspoken liberal voice, former "Saturday Night Live" funnyman Franken would seem an odd partner for the conservative, buttoned-down Johanns. "We're as near to polar opposites as you could find in the Senate," Johanns acknowledged, "and yet I think it's a good idea, and when he asked me I didn't hesitate a minute."

[WOBBLY BOB]

they play santa all year long with billions of our money and the most the cheap bastards spend is $10 ?

[Mich Patriot]

Ha ha ha...it’s easy to cap spending when it’s YOUR OWN money. When it’s somebody else’s...WHO CARES?

[goseminoles]

A turd in a box is free!!

[The Great RJ]

I suggest all members of the US Senate get copies of The Road to Serfdom...for Franken a copy of the comic book version.

[justlurking]

I think I’ll go to the dollar store and buy 10 boxes of sidewalk chalk.

[bgill]

Wanna bet we’re going to be billed for those $10s?

[Ranger Warrior]

We are billed for the $10. The Senate’s wasting taxpayers’ money on this stupid action.

[niteowl77]

Yeah, I could see John Calhoun and Henry Clay doing the whole “Secret Santa” thing. Pathetic.

[Always Independent]

Wondering, who gets to buy harry reid a personality?

[hattend]

That would cost more than $10