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Scuba

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Tue Sep 2, 2014, 06:44 PM Sep 2014

ADDING UP THE BILLIONS WASTED BY THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Somewhere north of $25 billion has been wasted on phony scandal investigations, government shutdowns and now this stupid lawsuit which is bound to fail. Fiscal conservatives, my ass.


http://sheppardpost.com/adding-up-the-billions-wasted-by-the-house-republicans/



How much have the Republicans cost the taxpayer, directly and in terms of hindered economic potential, since they took over the House in 2010? A few days ago, the price tag was announced for the Republican lawsuit against the president. House Administration Chairwoman Candice S. Miller, R-Mich., said the firm BakerHostetler has been contracted to represent the Republican House in the district court civil suit. According to the contract, the lawsuit will cost up to $350,000, billed at a rate of $500 per hour.

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In 2011, the House Republicans engaged in a prolonged showdown with the administration over the raising of the debt ceiling, a procedure which, up till then, was largely considered a formality. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated that the delay in raising the debt ceiling increased government borrowing costs by $1.3 billion in 2011. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence index plunged from 59.2 in July 2011 to 45.2 in August in the wake of the debt standoff and credit downgrade. The index didn’t recover to its July level until December.

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From October 1 through 16, 2013, the Federal Government entered a shutdown and curtailed most routine operations after the Republican led Congress failed to enact legislation appropriating funds for fiscal year 2014. During the shutdown, approximately 800,000 federal employees were indefinitely furloughed and another 1.3 million were required to report to work without known payment dates. The financial services company Standard & Poors estimated that the shutdown, which lasted just over two weeks, cost $1.5 billion per day, took a total of $24 billion out of the U.S. economy, and shaved 0.6% off fourth-quarter GDP growth.

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When House Republicans voted on a resolution calling on the Department of Justice to appoint a special counsel for the IRS investigation, House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member, Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) responded by saying, “The IRS has spent more than $14 million in taxpayer money accommodating Republican requests, turning over more than 600,000 pages of documents, none of which substantiate the GOP’s wild attempt from the get-go to tar the administration.”
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ADDING UP THE BILLIONS WASTED BY THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS (Original Post) Scuba Sep 2014 OP
Yeah, but freedumb. Jesus. nt valerief Sep 2014 #1
And how much did the 40+ times they tried to repeal the ACA cost? panader0 Sep 2014 #2
And don't forget John boehner's bartab. SummerSnow Sep 2014 #3
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