06.10.11

By The Numbers: As Senate Democrats Ignore Budget, Debt Surges And Economy Suffers

768 .................. Days since the Democrat Senate has passed a budget resolution
$3.2 trillion ....... Debt accumulated since a budget was last passed
$7.1 trillion ....... Total federal spending over that time
$413 billion ....... Net interest payments over that time
2024 ................ Projected year that Medicare will go bankrupt
9.1 .................. Percent of workforce currently unemployed
90,000 ............. Approximate number of federal workers hired since the Senate last passed a budget
22,462,000 ....... Approximate total number of workers currently unemployed and underemployed
0 ..................... Budget resolutions passed by the Democrat Senate this year
0 ..................... Senate Budget Committee mark-ups scheduled this year
51 ................... Bills marked up by other Senate Committees this Congress
10.75 .............. Number of hours spent debating and amending budgets and spending bills in the Democrat Senate
86.3 ..................Number of hours spent debating and amending budgets and spending bills in the Republican House

As Americans lose their jobs, Senate Democrats refuse to perform their own.