Tomnibus

Tomnibus
 n.— «A product of Democratic frustration with the tactics of Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican and physician who has become the Dr. No of the Senate, the Tomnibus is a $10 billion collection of Coburn-blocked measures assembled by the Senate leadership in an effort to break his solitary grip on the legislative process.» —“Democrats Try to Break Grip of the Senate’s Dr. No” by Carl Hulse in Washington, D.C. New York Times July 28, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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