Article Title: Shelby's swan song: A spending spat within his party
Snippet of Article: "...days from retirement, is becoming the GOP face of a $1.7 trillion deal he helped ink. ...the Alabamian’s fellow Republicans are calling him a fiscal sellout...Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) describes the lead appropriator’s work as a “new monument to himself. ...Shelby and Senate Appropriations Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) wrote much of the year-end bill behind closed doors."
Source: www.politico.com
