Late Friday, Congress passed H.R. 7110, a bill to make supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.

The bill costs something over $500 per U.S. family, and it spends money on highway construction, unemployment benefits, Medicaid, and food stamps.

I do believe that this is the first time Congress has passed a supplemental spending bill for a given fiscal year even before that fiscal year has started. Very impressive . . .