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 Baker Hostetler 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.TOTAL: $350,000
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.TOTAL: $1,650,000
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.
Here’s a breakdown of some of the economic cost:
About $3.1 billion in lost government services, according to the research firm IHS.
$152 million per day in lost travel spending, according to the U.S. Travel Association.
$76 million per day lost because of National Parks being shut down, according to the National Park Service.
$217 million per day in lost federal and contractor wages in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area alone.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers bore the economic brunt of the shutdown. But small businesses also suffered from frozen government contracts and stalled business loans. Tourism suffered from closed national parks, and military families had to cope without childcare and other services.TOTAL: $25,000,650,000
Almost continuously, since 2012, the Republican controlled House has been investigating the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi. “The Department has devoted thousands of man-hours to responding to the numerous and often repetitive congressional requests regarding Benghazi,” Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs Elizabeth King said in a letter to Congress in March. That estimate included “time devoted to approximately 50 congressional hearings, briefings, and interviews which the Department has led or participated in.” King estimated that total cost of compliance with Congress’ requests to the Pentagon and other agencies runs “into the millions of dollars.”
"we are not going to give Obama a blank check", that misleading leaves out what they tout as them being the purse string holders which means Pres. can spend nothing they don't sign off on, making them the final say on what's spent.
they attack spending blaming again Pres., and taking no responsibility as to those who signed the check. just more lies and misleading information your republican party has engaged in let's just deal with the last 6 years, Bush years are still being counted.
now there is talk of another gov't shutdown if Pres. doesn't bend to their will. which is exec action on immigration that they really don't want doesn't happen, way to inspire Hispanic voters to their side.
over 25 billion before are they hoping to beat that number?
In May, the Republicans formed a special committe to reinvestigate Benghazi – the recently released budget for the house committee is $5,650,000 – bigger than the budgets for the committees on Veteran’s affairs, Intelligence and the budget itself.TOTAL: $25,008,300,000
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.”GRAND TOTAL: $25,022,300,000
Its amazing that a fiscally conservative party has contrived to spend or waste this much money.tired of being used and lied to, they use you to get in position to do these things and lie to convince you they are right, than abandon you till next election cycle which make those who vote for them a number of negative adjective names, remember they are the party of stupid. take back your life should supersede taking back a country that never belonged to you, it belongs to aside from Native Americans the rich, you can be shut out anytime the choose, and last 6 years they have chosen to do just that. Nov. 4th recognize and exercise your vote, your desire your right.
