H.R. 1105, better know as the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, contains a total of nine appropriation bills with a price tag of $410.0 billion. Investor's Business Daily states that this amounts to an increase of 8% over last year, making it the largest discretionary spending increase since Jimmy Carter. The Democrats waited nearly five months to finish writing this bill, knowing that President Bush would refuse to sign it with the provisions they wanted.
