On the Blog: Unpopular Spending

Not one of the annual spending bills that Congress is debating enjoys the support of WashingtonWatch.com visitors. They all have less than 50% support.

We’ve ranked them in order of popularity in a post entitled: “Spending Bills—The Bad and the Really Bad.”

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Congress is on its August recess and won’t return until the first full week of September.

The least popular of the annual spending bills now under consideration is H.R. 2017, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012. The bill has passed the House and awaits action in the Senate when Congress returns.

Passage of H.R. 2017 would spend about $435 per U.S. family.

H.R. 2017
The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012
Costs $435.71 per family

What People Think

The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 23% For, 77% Against Vote on this Bill

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

New Items

S. 916
The Oil and Gas Facilitation Act of 2011
Costs $6.93 per family

H.R. 2484
The Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011
Costs $0.69 per family

H.R. 2150
The National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act
Costs $0.02 per family

H.R. 2189
The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011
Costs $0.00 per family

S. 968
The Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011
Costs $0.41 per family

H.R. 2011
The National Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2011
Costs $0.16 per family

H.R. 1421
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to clarify the role of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma with regard to the maintenance of the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam in Oklahoma
Costs $0.00 per family

H.R. 1932
The Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011
Costs $0.00 per family

Updated Items

none

Passed Items

P.L. 112-28
To provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater authority and discretion in enforcing the consumer product safety laws, and for other purposes

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