New spending bill totals $1.1 TRILLION!

◼ New spending bill totals $1.1 TRILLION! - Politico
◼ $575 million PER PAGE... - Gateway Pundit
◼ 6,488 earmarks... - Drudge
◼ McConnell fumes: 'No one has seen it'... - Real Clear Politics
◼ Reid threatens to keep Congress into next year... - Washington Times
via Drudge

◼ Now What?

Amazing embryonic photographs

◼ National Geographic Documentary “Extraordinary Animals in the Womb” - The show’s producer, Peter Chinn, used a combination of three-dimensional ultrasound scans, computer graphics and tiny cameras to capture the process from conception to birth. They are the most detailed embryonic animal pictures ever seen. Elephants, dolphins, puppies, kittens, and penguins... more here.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele to speak with RNC members

◼ RNC Chairman Steele to Announce Intentions on a Second Term
◼ UPDATE: Steele Seeks Second Term As RNC Chair

UNCONSTITUTIONAL

◼ Cartoon: Michael Ramirez
◼ U.S. Health-Care Law's Mandate Thrown Out by Judge - Bloomberg
◼ Incoming House majority whip Eric Cantor Calls for Direct Appeal to Supreme Court - National Review
◼ New Low in Support for Health Care Reform - abc news
◼ Judge Calls Health Law Unconstitutional - Wall St. Journal
◼ Initial Thoughts on the Virginia Health Care Ruling - Volokh
◼ Fed Judge: Obama-Care Unconstitutional - Sweetness & Light
◼ Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Unconstitutional - Strata-sphere

"60 Minutes" profiles John Boehner

Condoleeza sets Katie Couric straight

◼ Condoleezza Rice Corrects Katie Couric on Her Far Left Iraq War Revisionism (Video) at Gateway Pundit, complete with transcript.