WASHINGTON – Today Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) voted against the omnibus spending bill because it continues the federal government’s overspending, authorizes new infringements on our liberty, and fails to address critical national security, life, and regulation concerns.

The $1.14 trillion spending bill will fund the government through next September. The 316-113 vote sent the bill to the Senate where it also passed easily.

“Once again, Washington passes a massive last-minute bill negotiated by a small group of insiders behind closed doors. The result is 2,009 pages that continue the long history of Washington’s overspending, adds another $57 billion to the deficit, and surrenders the Congressional power over the purse,” said Huelskamp.”

“Whether it is the failure to stop Obama’s radical global warming agenda, his executive orders or the WOTUS rule; or the full funding of Planned Parenthood and ObamaCare; or failing to stop his plan to allow stealth terrorists posing as Syrian refugees – this bill was a major victory for the president. Additionally, this bill includes massive policy changes, including allowing tens of thousands of new low-skilled immigrants to enter America and permitting the Administration to expand their spying on law-abiding Americans, that were not even debated. While the legislation does provide things good for Kansas, particularly ending the 40-year ban on oil exports, it is business-as-usual in our nation’s capital.”

Friday’s action promises to finish up a surprisingly productive, bipartisan burst of late-session legislation in a divided Congress.

President Obama has promised to sign the massive measure.

It gives him many of the spending increases he’s demanded all year. GOP victories include a big boost for the military and the end of a four-decade ban of exporting U.S. crude oil.