I’m not going to issue a complete report on the stimulus plan until the ink on the signature page is dry (Obama plans to sign the final version of the bill on Monday). But for now, here are some fun stat facts about the bill:
- Number of pages in the bill: 680 (editor’s note: the bill, by the time it hits Obama’s desk is rumored to have hit 1,071 pages)
- Estimated cost of the bill: $789.5 billion
- Number of times the word “stimulus” appears in the bill: 6
- Number of times the word “tax” or “taxpayer” appears in the bill: 250
- Number of times the word “save” or “saved” appears in bill: 2
- Initial vote on Senate version: 61-37
- Initial vote on House version: 244 to 188
- Number of GOP Senators in support of Senate bill: 3
- Number of GOP House Reps in support of House bill: 0
- Days passed to date since 111th Congress officially opened: 38
- Number of new Senators in 111th Congress: 9 (not counting replacements for Obama, Biden, Salazar and Clinton)
- Number of new House Reps in 111th Congress: 54
- Time that voting on stimulus will close today: 8pm (extended for Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) who is attending a wake for his mother)
- Number of jobs estimated to be saved/created by bill: 3.5 million
- Percent of the bill estimated to address spending cuts: 65%
- Percent of the bill estimated to address tax cuts: 35%
Actually, there’s still a chance that the Senate vote could get pushed to tomorrow I think. Not clear that GOP will allow a vote this soon.
Good to know that extending the DTV conversion was more important than the stimulus package.
Doesn’t matter; it’s not going to help the working poor at $13 extra a paycheck and even less help for people like me, widows on a $800/month pension.
It’s all about the big guys.
It’s funny (not funny haha) to me how the CEO cap was “q u i e t l y ” removed. I thought that it was one of the best ideas they had. Why give the CEO’s millions to fail? If they want their millions, pay back the american people first. Did anyone see this on CNN, CBS, NBC, or even FOX? The media is still run by the gop and the talking heads are no longer reporters. They are just paid actors that read what they are given regardless of whether it’s news or not, and their job is to make it interesting. It sickens me how the public is “fed” what is believed to be news.
Is first time home buyer qualified if they buy the home on contract??
stimulis , I like that, It is a laugh,” this is high level thief thy, I get it tho,
You and I should stay in our homes, Unless they are foreclosed on, Then you are to just sit back and be a good American, and do nothing,
1876, we got rid of the tyrants across the big lake, now we have 500 hundred of them here in Washington,
Stealing is the game this year. like the last 8 years, Bush was in Washington,
The rich get richer, and you get to pay the bill, what the hell is wrong with you people, let your voices be heard,
Oh I am sorry you get 13 dollars a week in your pay check, If you got a job. Thousand of Americans are out of work, And this is going to help. Bullshit. wake up People,” we the people,” is now them the people.
the stimulus bill is a load of crap.