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H.R. 1469, The Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007 (5 comments ↓ | 4 wiki edits)
H.R. 1469 would establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation under the authorities of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.
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The “Coburn Omnibus” - 36 Bills in One!
Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma didn’t come to Washington, D.C. to grow the government. A long time critic of federal spending and power, he has made prolific use of “holds” to prevent legislation he doesn’t like fr...URL: http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2008/07/24/the-coburn-omnibus-36-bills-in-one/
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John Badurina
How do you arrive at the cost? The legislation calls out spending $80 million and with 300 million people in the US the cost equates to approx $0.27 per person
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The legislation would authorize appropriation of $80 million *each year.* From the Congressional Budget Office report: "CBO estimates that implementing this legislation would cost $40 million in 2008 and $345 million over the 2008-2012 period . . . ." The figure you see is the net present value of that spending.
DEBTOR NATION
What is wrong with those supposed to be representing the people of the U.S.? We are the largest debtor nation in the world. Instead of finding ways to clear out or lower our national debt they dream up schemes like this to appropriate more from the taxpayers. This is disgusting -- $80 million more from the taxpayers, job losses abounding!
For liberty
There's nothing in the Constitution that says that the federal government is allowed or should be doing this.