WashingtonWatch.com Digest – February 6, 2012
Posted by Jim Harper, February 6, 2012 at 10:00 am
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On the Blog: Congress Doesn’t Budget
We investigated the charge that the Senate hasn’t produced a budget in over 1,000 days and found that Congress doesn’t really do budgets at all.
Read about it in a post entitled: “No Budget in 1,000 Days? No Budget Ever!”
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Featured Items
This week, the Senate will debate H.R. 658, the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011.
The bill would authorize spending over the 2011-2014 period on activities of the Federal Aviation Administration and other federal programs related to aviation.
Passage of H.R. 658 would cost the average U.S. family about $315.
The House will debate H.R. 1734, the Civilian Property Realignment Act.
The bill would establish a commission to recommend better management of federal buildings and facilities, and to recommend the sale of at least five specific civilian facilities that have a combined estimated fair market value of at least $500 million.
Passage of would H.R. 1734 would cost the average U.S. family just under sixty cents.
H.R. 658
The FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011
Costs $316.45 per family
H.R. 1734
The Civilian Property Realignment Act
Costs $0.59 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. 1449
Mariah’s Act
Costs $7.56 per family
S. 1950
The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Enhancement Act of 2011
Costs $10.55 per family
S. 1952
The Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2011
Costs $0.38 per family
S. 1953
The Research and Innovative Technology Administration Reauthorization Act of 2011
Costs $0.81 per family
S. 743
The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011
Costs $0.21 per family
S. 1142
The Geothermal Exploration and Technology Act of 2011
Costs $0.57 per family
S. 896
The Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2011
Costs $0.82 per family
S. 2038
The STOCK Act
Costs $0.28 per family
H.R. 3581
The Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2011
Costs $0.13 per family
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Updated Items
H.R. 1734
The Civilian Property Realignment Act
Costs $0.59 per family
H.R. 3521
The Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011
Costs $0.00 per family
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Passed Items
P.L. 112-91
The Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2012
P.L. 112-92
The SOAR Technical Corrections Act
Costs $0.00 per family
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