Jennifer Harper writes the organization released a “Bill Tally” report showing that House lawmakers have drafted 496 funding bills and 112 budget cut measures, while Senate members have authored 332 spending measures and 56 savings bills.
The union estimated that federal budget could have grown by $1.09 trillion if the current Congress had enacted all the big-spender initiatives, according to Harper’s article.
Harper reports that Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) sponsored bills that would generate $269 million in savings and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced bills that would save the government $317 billion.