WashingtonWatch.com Digest – October 22, 2012
Posted by Jim Harper, October 22, 2012 at 10:00 am
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On the Blog: Binders Full of Women
It’s hard, but it is possible to pull substance from the presidential debates.
We tried to do so in a post entitled: “Binders Full of Women?“
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Featured Item
The House and Senate have adjourned until after the election. Congress will return to deal with issues large and small.
One possibility, a bill recently “scored” by the Congressional Budget Office, is S. 3546, which would amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 intending to ensure the “survival and continuing vitality” of Native American languages.
Passage of S. 3546 would cost the average U.S. family about fifty cents.
S. 3546
A bill to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages
Costs $0.53 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. 3331
The Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 3546
A bill to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages
Costs $0.53 per family
S. 3486
The Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012
Costs $0.00 per family
S. 3548
The Native American Veterans’ Memorial Amendments Act of 2012
Costs $0.00 per family
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