Cost Estimates for This Week’s Bills
Cost estimates for bills on the floor this week have been published and incorporated into our database.
H.R. 384, the TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009, saves the average U.S. family a little over $80. (Which is nice until you realize that the legislation creating the Troubled Assets Relief Program cost almost $3,000.)
It was debated some on Wednesday (1/14) and will get a vote very soon.
H.R. 2, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, costs just shy of $2,000 per U.S. family.
It passed the House Wednesday. Take a look at the roll call vote on passage if you want to see how your representative voted.