The Democrat Majority: By the Numbers 

0 - Fiscal year 2008 spending bills signed into law  

$3.04 - Per gallon of gas and no energy bill to lower gas prices 

20 - Years since the last time it took this long to confirm an attorney general 

20 - Years since the last time not a single spending bill was sent to the president by this late date 

33 - States with operating budgets lower than the $9 billion in overspending contained in the Labor-HHS-Ed appropriations bill 

39 - Days into the 2008 fiscal year with no spending bills signed into law 

46 - Bills signed into law naming post offices and other federal properties 

52 -  Days since the nation had an attorney general 

53 -  Days until expiration of the research and development tax credit   53 - Days until 2008, and still no Alternative Minimum Tax patch 

57 - Political Iraq votes held in the House and Senate 

66 - Percent of foreign intelligence missed when court orders were required for surveillance, according to DNI Mike McConnell 

276 - Days since the president requested funding for troops, and still no action  312 - Days since the Alternative Minimum Tax “patch” expired 

$93.53 - Per gallon of crude oil, and no energy bill to lower gas prices 

$100,000 - Funding for Los Angeles Fashion District in House Transportation-HUD appropriations bill  $300,000 - Funding for San Francisco Exploratorium museum in Labor-HHS-Ed appropriations conference report 

$2 million - Funding cut from Department of Labor union boss watchdog office   

22 million - New smokers needed to pay for Democrat SCHIP plan 

$3 billion - Border security funding pulled from defense spending bill by Democrats  

$22 billion - Additional spending proposed by Democrats over the president’s budget request 

$220 billion - Additional spending over 10 years proposed by Democrats   $916 billion - Additional taxes proposed in the Democrats’ budget over 10 years 

$1.3 trillion - Additional taxes proposed by Democrats in AMT legislation over 10 years

To read more about the “Do Nothing” Congress read: Record Setting Congress

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