WashingtonWatch.com Digest – January 25, 2010
Posted by Jim Harper, January 25, 2010 at 10:00 am
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From the Blog: Back to the Drawing Board for Health Care Legislation
The surprising election of Republican Scott Brown to succeed Edward Kennedy representing Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate has had huge reverberations. Among other things, it has put the health care plans of President Obama and congressional Democrats into disarray. Read about it in a blog post called “Health Care Legislation: Back to the Drawing Board.”
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Featured Items
The president will deliver his first state of the union address this week. Starting at 9 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday night, the speech will be aired on many television networks and streamed live on Whitehouse.gov.
The Senate will continue debate this week on H.J. Res. 45, which would increase the statutory limit on the public debt to over $13 trillion.
Federal law sets the amount of public debt that the U.S. Treasury may issue. As the government’s indebtedness continues to grow, the amount of public debt allowed in federal law has to be revised upwards. Doing so has no costs itself.
Along with a number of other modest bills, the House will debate H.R. 3726, the Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2009. The bill would establish a historic site at St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands at a cost of about $0.24 per U.S. family.
H. J. Res. 45
Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt
H.R. 3726
The Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2009
Costs $0.24 per family
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What People Think
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Displayed below are new, updated, and passed items with their cost or savings per family.
New Items
S. 373
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 448
The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009
Costs $0.01 per family
S. 555
The Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act of 2009
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 721
The Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 853
The White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Expansion Act of 2009
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 874
The El Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 2862
The Small Business Export Enhancement and International Trade Act of 2009
Costs $0.63 per family
S. 2856
The International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 1524
The Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009
Costs $1.77 per family
S. 2727
The START I Treaty Inspections and Monitoring Protocol Continuation Act of 2009
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 1139
The Wallowa Forest Service Compound Conveyance Act
Costs $0.00 per family
H.R. 714
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 1214
The National Fish Habitat Conservation Act
Costs $5.21 per family
S. 1405
The Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site Designation Act
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 2865
The Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
Costs $0.01 per family
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Updated Items
H.R. 3113
The Upper Elk River Wild and Scenic Study Act
Costs $0.00 per family
H.R. 2711
The FBI Families of Fallen Heroes Act
Costs $0.10 per family
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