The Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill (H.R. 2847) has a cost estimate – and it’s heading for the House floor today, or at least this week.
The bill would spend about $685 per U.S. family on operations of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, and various science-related agencies.
The Congressional Budget Office came out with a cost estimate today for S. 3297, the Advancing America’s Priorities Act, which has also been called the “Coburn Omnibus.” It combines 36 pieces of federal legislation into one.
Yesterday, adding up all the pieces of the Coburn Omnibus, we came up with about $65 per U.S. family. [...]
Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma didn’t come to Washington, D.C. to grow the government.
A long time critic of federal spending and power, he has made prolific use of “holds” to prevent legislation he doesn’t like from moving forward.
Now Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has reached his wit’s end. [...]