The Senate debated the $636 billion Pentagon spending bill. The measure also carries short-term extensions of unemployment benefits, highway and transit funding, key pieces of the anti-terror PATRIOT Act, and a measure to save doctors from a 21 % cut in Medicare payments. The bill must go to President Obama no later than midnight on Saturday, December 20, 2009, or the Defense Department cannot spend the money.
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Statistics
2020 Year End Statistics118th Congress - Senate
Total Hours: 1173 (After 471 days)
Debate264 Hours
Quorum Calls228 Hours
Votes432 Hours
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Source: Resume of Congressional Activity (senate.gov)