More Spending Bills on the Move

Though there is still no budget, the House of Representatives is moving two more of the twelve bills that will determine federal spending for the coming fiscal year.

So, with the House not meeting this week, we’re doing another special email dedicated to appropriations for fiscal 2012, which begins October 1st. The bills below spend about $6,600 per U.S. family. Read on…

Featured Items

Last week, the House began debate on H.R. 2219, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012.

The bill would fund the Department of Defense: the Army, Navy (including the Marine Corps), the Air Force, and the Office of Secretary of Defense, as well as the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence community staff.

Passage of H.R. 2219 would cost the average U.S. family over $6,200.

Another spending bill that is beginning to move is H.R. 2354, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2012.

The bill would fund the Department of Energy, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior, and a number of other boards and agencies including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Passage of H.R. 2354 would cost the average U.S. family about $425.

H.R. 2219
The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012
Costs $6,268.58 per family

H.R. 2354
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes
Costs $426.48 per family

What People Think

The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 39% For, 61% Against Vote on this Bill

H.R. 2354 50% For, 50% Against Vote on this Bill

Displayed below are new, updated, and passed items with their cost or savings per family.

New Items

H.R. 2354
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes
Costs $426.48 per family

H.R. 1892
The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
Costs $5.47 per family

H. J. Res. 1
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States
Costs $0.00 per family

H.R. 2117
To prohibit the Department of Education from overreaching into academic affairs and program eligibility under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
Costs $0.00 per family

H.R. 320
The Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act
Costs $0.00 per family

H.R. 470
The Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011
Costs $0.00 per family

H.R. 1022
The Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act
Costs $0.00 per family

H.R. 1141
The Rota Cultural and Natural Resources Study Act
Costs $0.00 per family

S. 646
The Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011
Costs $7.35 per family

Updated Items

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Passed Items

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