UPDATE: President Obama has signed the bill into law.

After a couple of days of voting down Republican-offered amendments, the Senate finally agreed last night to end debate on a $410 omnibus spending bill. After the 62-35 vote, the Senate ended the FY 2009 appropriations process by a voice vote.

While Republicans and some Democrats opposed the bill because of its cost, Republicans loudly complained about the bill's $7.7 billion in earmarked spending. But GOP's whine over earmarks in the spending legislation, however, was accompanied by a bit of cheese, as Republican lawmakers will be bringing home 40 percent of the cheddar to their districts.

Image by Flickr user pete donnelly(aka think001) used under a Creative Commons license.