Harry Reid's Banzai Charge

Damn the voters, full speed ahead!

Forget about going quietly into the night.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a broad agenda for an end-of-session sprint that, in other years, could be a whole year's worth of activity — ranging from an arms-reduction treaty with Russia to a major immigration bill to overturning the ban on gay troops.

And that's not to mention the nearly 2,000-page, $1.1 trillion massive spending bill Senate Democrats said they'll try to push through. The bill contains hundreds of pork-barrel spending projects and new rules governing everything from airport baggage to detainees at the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

"We're not through. Congress ends on Jan. 4," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat.

The omnibus spending bill is likely to get the most attention, spanning 1,924 pages and spending an average of $575.13 million per page.

I have to believe that most of that is dead on arrival. I can't see the Senate GOP lining up to commit to all that stuff just a couple of weeks before the new congress is seated. Harry will pout and threaten to keep everybody in the chamber on Christmas and New Year's Day, but I don't think that's going to be an effective tactic.