Your Homeland Security Spending Civics Lesson; Military Construction/Veterans Spending, Too

email newsletter | tell a friend | wiki | about | home | log in On the Blog: Homeland Security Spending New cost estimates for a couple of bills provide a nice little civics lesson about government spending. If you if you want to do anything about such things you should probably know how they work. Get your civics lesson in a blog post entitled: "Homeland Security: Authorization and Appropriation." (forward to a friend or email this link) (and please us on Facebook) Featured Item This week, the Senate will not meet. Among many other bills, this week the House will debate H.R. 5854, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. The bill funds military construction in the Department of Defense, and it also funds the Department of Veterans Affairs and related agencies. Passage of H.R. 5854 would spend about $1,445 per U.S. family. H.R. 5854 The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Costs $1,445.11 per family What People Think The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 66% For, 34% Against Vote on this Bill Displayed below are new, updated, and passed items with their cost or savings per family. New Items H.R. 3857 The Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act Costs $6.51 per family H.R. 4027 To clarify authority granted under the Act entitled "An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other purposes" Costs $0.00 per family S. 2218 The United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012 Costs $3.10 per family H.R. 4482 To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent home loan guaranty programs for veterans regarding adjustable rate mortgages and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages Costs $1.13 per family H.R. 5651 The Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 Costs $115.59 per family S. 3240 An original bill to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017, and for other purposes Costs $137.51 per family S. 3241 An original bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes Costs $515.13 per family H.R. 4222 To provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, and for other purposes Costs $0.00 per family H.R. 5854 The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Costs $1,445.11 per family H.R. 5855 The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 Costs $447.99 per family S. 3216 The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 Costs $451.12 per family S. 1100 The Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act of 2011 Costs $0.00 per family H.R. 5743 The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 Costs $4.68 per family Updated Items none Passed Items none email newsletter | tell a friend | wiki | about | home | privacy | contact | log in WashingtonWatch.com P.O. Box 77576 Washington, D.C. 20013

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