Round the House's 118 days and the Senate's 180ish days to an even 150, we get:
$4.4 billion / 150 days = $29,333,333 per day
That's a lot of money to be wasting on adding more ridiculous complexities to the already 3.4 million word, 7500 page INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, in an attempt to save $150-200M.
posted on Saturday, Mar 21st by soulcamp
Here is a summary of the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill:
http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/LBFY0902-23-09.pdf
Here is a calendar showing the number of days congress is in session:
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/ds/
Round the House's 118 days and the Senate's 180ish days to an even 150, we get:
$4.4 billion / 150 days = $29,333,333 per day
That's a lot of money to be wasting on adding more ridiculous complexities to the already 3.4 million word, 7500 page INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, in an attempt to save $150-200M.
For anyone interested in some light reading, here is the complete text of the Internal Revenue Code:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sup_01_26.html