WashingtonWatch.com Digest – September 10, 2012
Posted by Jim Harper, September 10, 2012 at 10:00 am
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On the Blog: 6-Month Spending Deal
As we reported last month, House and Senate leaders have agreed to a six-month spending deal that bypasses debate on annual spending bills ahead of the October 1 beginning of the new fiscal year.
The six-month “continuing resolution” is expected to come before the House and Senate this week, but it hasn’t been introduced, so we can’t feature the bill for you.
Instead, we’ll highlight the bills that are being folded into one and quickly passed, in our recent blog post entitled: “The Debate(s) That Won’t Happen.”
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Featured Item
Congress returns from its August recess this week. It is scheduled to debate a bill to continue government spending at roughly the same levels for the first six months of the 2013 fiscal year, which begins October 1st. The bill has not been introduced yet.
The House will also debate H.R. 6213, the No More Solyndras Act. The bill would revise the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program for advanced energy technologies.
Passage of H.R. 6213 would cost about $0.01 per U.S. family.
H.R. 6213
The No More Solyndras Act
Costs $0.01 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. 2706
The Billfish Conservation Act of 2011
Costs $0.00 per family
H.R. 6213
The No More Solyndras Act
Costs $0.01 per family
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