On the Blog: Stopgap Spending

With just days to go before the new fiscal year, and without a single annual spending bill passed, Congress is turning to a short-term “continuing resolution” to fund the government starting October 1st.

We track the bill’s convoluted course so far in a post entitled: “Follow the Bouncing Bill.”

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The continuing resolution that must pass by the end of the week is H.R. 2608, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012. It would spend money to run the federal government through November 18th. The 2012 fiscal year begins October 1st, but Congress has not passed any spending bills for the new fiscal year.

Passage of H.R. 2608 would spend about a half trillion dollars, or a little over $4,900 per U.S. family.

H.R. 2608
The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
Costs $4,933.94 per family

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

New Items

H.R. 2608
The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
Costs $4,933.94 per family

H.R. 2250
The EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
Costs $0.01 per family

H.R. 2681
The Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
Costs $0.01 per family

H.R. 1158
The Montana Mineral Conveyance Act
Saves $0.14 per family

S. 1542
The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act
Costs $18.83 per family

H.R. 2844
The National Women’s History Museum and Federal Facilities Consolidation and Efficiency Act of 2011
Costs $0.39 per family

H.R. 2583
The Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2012
Costs $446.57 per family

H.R. 2005
The Combating Autism Reauthorization Act of 2011
Costs $6.03 per family

H.R. 2433
The Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011
Saves $0.42 per family

H.R. 2883
The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act
Costs $18.83 per family

S. 401
The Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act
Costs $0.00 per family

H.R. 2146
The DATA Act
Costs $5.34 per family

S. 1231
The Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2011
Costs $2.07 per family

S. 958
The Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011
Costs $13.88 per family

S. 1573
The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012
Costs $455.61 per family

Updated Items

none

Passed Items

P.L. 112-30
The Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011