Like the Lernaean Hydra, for each billion you cut off, two grow back

The modern equivalent of the Greek mythological Lernaean Hydra is the current allocation bill making it's way through the Senate.

The bill was proposed as a $825 billion dollar stimulus package. And as people learned about it and objected a token $6B was shaved from the proposal. When it finally passed the House on January 28 and made it to the Senate floor January 29 one of the first acts was to pare a modest $25B from the proposed spending bill. Between the time the bill passed the House and was introduced into the Senate, and throughout the following weekend, the President's office stopped referring to it as a stimulus package but rightfully began calling it a spending bill, since 2/3s is not directly related to stimulating the economy, but rather an unbridled excess of pork programs.

And on February 3, two days after cutting 25B and a week after cutting 6B, the cost of the proposed spending plan, now known as Porkulus grew to an estimated 900 BILLION DOLLARS.

They cut off $31B and $75B grew back in it's place.

The vote tally to the addition: 71 - 26.

So it looks like Porkulus, as was the mythological Hydra, is going to remain undefeated, for no mere mortal will be able to defeat it. Will there be a modern Hercules to stop this beast?