I was told every time they vote in the house it cost one million $$

[G_j]

can anyone verify this? Sounds a bit high, but what do I know?

that would make about forty million just voting to defund ACA..

[darkangel218]

1. Why would it cost a million?

For what?

[appleannie1]

2. From an article:

It’s really hard to break down the cost of a vote in Congress. In fact, none of the congressional watchdog groups in Washington have done it. So we had to do our own, back-of-the envelope calculation. We figured out how much we spend per day on salaries and office costs for members of the House of Representatives and their staffs. The grand total? Almost $2 million every day. Are repeat, symbolic votes worth the cost?

Not if you ask Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution. "Congress has become almost a joke," he says.

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/health-care/what-cost-house-vote

[G_j]

4. makes sense that the cost

would be figured by the day. Vote or no vote, they are just wasting a ton of money doing nothing productive.

[appleannie1]

5. They have wasted billions since coming to office with their votes against women, Obama

healthcare, minimum wage hikes etc. etc. Now they want to cut aid to the poor, social security and medicare when it is them that is wasting our money.

[G_j]

7. yep, on and on

Actually, it's far worse than doing nothing productive. Their efforts are deliberately destructive.

[Recursion]

3. No, that's high. Think in the tens of thousands, most of it printing costs

And the costs of moving heavy, printed vote records from point A to point B. They really probably should do something about that.

[Brickbat]

6. Probably including salaries/benefits for the day.

[former9thward]

8. Its a typical internet made-up number.

Representatives and their staff get paid whether they are voting or never vote. Same salary, benies, etc. The Capitol and the offices are open and functioning whether there are votes or no votes.

[1-Old-Man]

9. It may cost a million to get them all there to vote, but it cost the same if they don't vote at all.