http://unsilentgeneration.com/2009/06/30/congresss-1-2-million-a-day-drug-habit/ A site for pissed-off progressive old folks...because we're not dead yet. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://unsilentgeneration.com/2009/06/30/congresss-1-2-million-a-day-drug-habit/#comment-2218 James Ridgeway Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:54:40 +0000 http://unsilentgeneration.com/?p=1369#comment-2218 Thanks for keeping an eye on my facts. I should have quoted the report more fully: It's $1.2 million a <em>day for every day that Congress was in session </em>during those months. (As you know, members of Congress don't work quite as much as the rest of us.) Thanks for keeping an eye on my facts. I should have quoted the report more fully: It’s $1.2 million a day for every day that Congress was in session during those months. (As you know, members of Congress don’t work quite as much as the rest of us.)

]]> http://unsilentgeneration.com/2009/06/30/congresss-1-2-million-a-day-drug-habit/#comment-2200 Alex Kleczynski Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:58:59 +0000 http://unsilentgeneration.com/?p=1369#comment-2200 "Congress’s $1.2 Million a Day Drug Habit" --------------------------------------------------------- "..... In the first three months of this year, it spent more than $66.5 million–$1.2 million a day." HUH? Do the math. $66,500,000 divided by 90 days is $738,889 a day. Where did you get 1.2 million? “Congress’s $1.2 Million a Day Drug Habit”
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“….. In the first three months of this year, it spent more than $66.5 million–$1.2 million a day.” HUH? Do the math. $66,500,000 divided by 90 days is $738,889 a day. Where did you get 1.2 million?

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