WashingtonWatch.com Digest – September 24, 2012
Posted by Jim Harper, September 24, 2012 at 10:00 am
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On the Blog: Grants and Politics
It’s a special time of year when a lot of federal grant money moves around. Some of that money goes to giving candidates a boost.
Read about it in a post entitled: “‘Tis the Season … Grant Season.”
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Featured Item
The House and Senate have adjourned until after the election.
Last week, the Senate debated and passed H.J. Res. 117, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013. The bill will continue government spending at roughly the same levels for the first six months of the 2013 fiscal year, which begins October 1st.
Almost certain to be signed by the president, H.J. Res. 117 will spend a little over $12,000 per U.S. family.
H. J. Res. 117
The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013
Costs $12,210.64 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. 5747
The Military Family Home Protection Act
Saves $0.01 per family
S. 3566
The Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012
Costs $0.00 per family
H.R. 3973
The Native American Energy Act
Costs $0.52 per family
S. 3391
The Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 1707
The Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 2259
The Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012
Costs $254.37 per family
S. 2388
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2012
Costs $0.00 per family
H.R. 5948
The Veterans Fiduciary Reform Act of 2012
Costs $0.46 per family
H. J. Res. 118
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program
Saves $0.51 per family
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Updated Items
H.R. 3409
The Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act
Saves $2.17 per family
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Passed Items
P.L. 112-174
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center
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