Final House Floor Amendments

Now that the numbers are in, it appears that the House was unusually restrained in it's floor debate. Speaker DeLeo had said in his closing remarks that he doesn't know anybody who "enjoys saying no" more than new House Ways & Means Chairman Charles Murphy. Well that's a good thing because the House needed to be restrained and it looks like they actually succeeded. Our numbers indicate as follows:

• The House adopted only 172 amendments
• Of these only a paltry 44 amendment were earmarks
• The total number of earmarks adopted is around $137.9 million
• The total increase in the budget appears to be around $475 million

Click here to bring up  a spreadsheet with the complete list of adopted amendments from last week's house floor activity.