0 . . . . . . . . . . . . Provisions increasing the American energy supply

0 . . . . . . . . . . . . Minutes of floor debate before Reid filed cloture to end debate

$3.96 . . . . . . . . . Average cost for a gallon of gas

9 . . . . . . . . . . . . Percentage of Americans who approve of Congress

13 . . . . . . . . . . . Average number of injuries caused to human caused by captive chimps in the U.S. every year

35 . . . . . . . . . . . Bills included in the omnibus

36 . . . . . . . . . . . New government programs

43 . . . . . . . . . . . Required reports to Congress from agencies and other entities

398 . . . . . . . . . . Pages of legislative text

855 . . . . . . . . . . Bills passed by secret without debate, amendments, or votes this Congress

$5 million . . . . . . Earmark for a museum in Poland

$12 Million . . . . . Earmark for a greenhouse in Maryland

$17 million . . . . . Funding to protect Americans from injuries resulting from chimps and other non-human primates

111 Million . . . . . Households in America worried about gas prices

$1.5 Billion . . . . . Earmark for the DC Metro ($2,066 per rider)

$10 Billion . . . . . . Total cost to taxpayers



What Does $10 Billion Mean for 111 Million American Families?


27 gallons of milk – a half gallon a week for a year

84 loaves of bread – a loaf a week for a year and half

321 diapers – a diaper a day for almost an entire year

No more monkeys jumping in the bed!