The emergency supplemental appropriations bill that passed the House of Representatives on May 18th is yet another example of Washington politicians playing 'Let's Make A Deal' with your money. The purpose was to re-fund the military that Bill Clinton had stripped to the bone. Yes, if we want to eat. Many needs are legitimate. However, items should each be addressed in individual bills to stand or fall on their own merit.
Pork breaks budgets.
The current process does not allow you to know the truth. Information is hidden so thoroughly in spending bills that it is extremely difficult for even Members of Congress to find out what is really included in a bill. These are parochial concerns. Repeat - consider each on its own merit. AND even farm and tornado relief needs should be in separate bills with no pork - not even in farm bills.