WashingtonWatch.com Digest – February 26, 2012
Posted by Jim Harper, February 27, 2012 at 10:00 am
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On the Blog: Transportation Spending
Federal transportation spending hasn’t gone through on cruise control this year as it has in the past.
Learn more in a post entitled: “Transportation Spending Hits Bumps.”
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Featured Item
The House and Senate return to Washington this week.
The Senate is expected to debate S. 1813, the MAP-21. (“MAP-21″ stands for for the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act.”)
The bill would extend surface transportation programs administered by the Federal Highway Administration for two years, and it would authorize spending for other transportation programs.
Passage of S. 1813 would cost the average U.S. family about $125.
S. 1813
The MAP-21
Costs $127.57 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
H.R. 665
The Excess Federal Building and Property Disposal Act of 2011
Costs $0.86 per family
H.R. 3199
To provide a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on the implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends, and for other purposes
Costs $0.01 per family
S. 1945
A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings
Costs $0.00 per family
H.R. 3262
The Government Results Transparency Act
Costs $0.86 per family
H.R. 940
The United States Covered Bond Act of 2011
Costs $0.64 per family
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Passed Items
P.L. 112-96
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
Saves $621.05 per family
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