The 1,924-page bill collapsed of its own weight after an outcry from conservatives who complained it was stuffed with more than $8 billion in pet projects and wrapped together 12 bills into a single foot-tall piece of legislation that Democrats had hoped to pass with little debate.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2010/12/16/132121851/reid-drops-nearly-1-3t-spending-bill-in-senate?ft=1&f=1014
AARON SCHOCK
ABC NEWS ONLINE
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