Too Big To Count

Written by Moira Bagley on Thursday February 12, 2009

According to one senior House staffer, the spending bill is so massive, not one single member knows everything that's in it. That being said, the short amount of time between its unveiling and proposed vote tomorrow breaks the unanimously passed motion from Tuesday that requires a 48-hour review period before action can taken on the bill.

And while staffers frantically work to finish up the final conference report, NewMajority would like to offer this illustration:

As of yesterday, the House-passed text broke down like this: $7,174,015 per word; $1,206,185,567 per page.

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