On the Blog: Stop the Spending Cuts!

House Republicans added an amendment to national defense legislation last week that would restore military spending that might be cut. The thing is, the cuts were part of an agreement to control the deficit.

Read about it in a post entitled: “Going Back on the Budget Control Deal.”

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This week, the House will not meet.

The Senate will debate S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.

The bill would revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices, to establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars.

There is no cost estimate for S. 3187 yet.

S. 3187
The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act

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The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act 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. 3985
The Building Better Business Partnerships Act of 2012
Costs $0.05 per family

H.R. 4005
The GAPS Act
Costs $0.01 per family

H.R. 4363
The Federal Employee Phased Retirement Act
Saves $3.67 per family

H.R. 460
The Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
Costs $0.13 per family

H.R. 1272
The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2011
Costs $0.00 per family

H.R. 4203
The Women’s Procurement Program Improvement Act of 2012
Costs $1.29 per family

S. 414
The International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2011
Costs $0.20 per family

S. 657
The National Blue Alert Act of 2011
Costs $0.31 per family

H.R. 2446
The RESPA Home Warranty Clarification Act of 2011
Costs $0.08 per family

Updated Items

H.R. 4310
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Costs $5,889.77 per family

Passed Items

P.L. 112-107
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 East Whitestone Boulevard in Cedar Park, Texas, as the “Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris Post Office Building”

P.L. 112-108
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 4th Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, Oklahoma, as the “Specialist Micheal E. Phillips Post Office”

P.L. 112-109
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Main Street in East Rockaway, New York, as the “John J. Cook Post Office”

P.L. 112-110
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 West Eastport Street in Iuka, Mississippi, as the “Sergeant Jason W. Vaughn Post Office”

P.L. 112-111
The Veterans Missing in America Act of 2012

P.L. 112-112
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 North Holderrieth Boulevard in Tomball, Texas, as the “Tomball Veterans Post Office”

P.L. 112-113
The Brian A. Terry Memorial Act
Costs $0.00 per family

P.L. 112-114
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8 West Silver Street in Westfield, Massachusetts, as the “William T. Trant Post Office Building”

P.L. 112-116
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, Missouri, as the “Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building”

P.L. 112-115
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 260 California Drive in Yountville, California, as the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building”

P.L. 112-117
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Town and Country Commons in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the “Lance Corporal Matthew P. Pathenos Post Office Building”

P.L. 112-118
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the “Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building”

P.L. 112-119
A bill to authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in Tracy, California, to the City of Tracy
Costs $0.01 per family