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The Strangulus Bill

Below are all of the instances in HR 1 (the stimulus bill) where a monetary amount was shown. I took the raw text and ripped out the numbers and formatted them to currency (our currency.) It is not a perfect methodology but neither is this bill.

For those who want to know my total is $756,275,819,860 +/- a few billion.

$ 79,000,000,000
$ 39,500,000,000
$ 39,500,000,000
$ 30,000,000,000
$ 30,000,000,000
$ 22,290,000,000
$ 22,129,000,000
$ 18,500,000,000
$ 18,111,000,000
$ 16,126,000,000
$ 15,636,000,000
$ 15,000,000,000
$ 14,000,000,000
$ 13,600,000,000
$ 13,000,000,000
$ 11,000,000,000
$ 11,000,000,000
$ 10,000,000,000
$ 8,400,000,000
$ 8,000,000,000
$ 7,700,000,000
$ 7,500,000,000
$ 7,000,000,000
$ 7,000,000,000
$ 7,000,000,000
$ 6,200,000,000
$ 6,000,000,000
$ 6,000,000,000
$ 6,000,000,000
$ 6,000,000,000
$ 6,000,000,000
$ 5,838,000,000
$ 5,500,000,000
$ 5,000,000,000
$ 4,500,000,000
$ 4,500,000,000
$ 4,190,000,000
$ 4,018,000,000
$ 4,000,000,000
$ 4,000,000,000
$ 3,861,000,000
$ 3,750,000,000
$ 3,500,000,000
$ 3,440,000,000
$ 3,400,000,000
$ 3,250,000,000
$ 3,250,000,000
$ 3,200,000,000
$ 3,030,000,000
$ 3,000,000,000
$ 3,000,000,000
$ 3,000,000,000
$ 2,825,000,000
$ 2,825,000,000
$ 2,750,000,000
$ 2,750,000,000
$ 2,750,000,000
$ 2,750,000,000
$ 2,736,000,000
$ 2,733,000,000
$ 2,500,000,000
$ 2,500,000,000
$ 2,400,000,000
$ 2,400,000,000
$ 2,350,000,000
$ 2,225,000,000
$ 2,188,000,000
$ 2,090,000,000
$ 2,000,000,000
$ 2,000,000,000
$ 2,000,000,000
$ 2,000,000,000
$ 2,000,000,000
$ 2,000,000,000
$ 2,000,000,000
$ 2,000,000,000
$ 2,000,000,000
$ 2,000,000,000
$ 1,825,000,000
$ 1,800,000,000
$ 1,750,000,000
$ 1,750,000,000
$ 1,700,000,000
$ 1,600,000,000
$ 1,500,000,000
$ 1,500,000,000
$ 1,500,000,000
$ 1,500,000,000
$ 1,500,000,000
$ 1,500,000,000
$ 1,490,804,000
$ 1,400,000,000
$ 1,350,000,000
$ 1,236,810,000
$ 1,200,000,000
$ 1,102,000,000
$ 1,100,000,000
$ 1,100,000,000
$ 1,066,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 1,000,000,000
$ 954,000,000
$ 950,000,000
$ 920,000,000
$ 900,000,000
$ 850,000,000
$ 800,000,000
$ 800,000,000
$ 800,000,000
$ 750,000,000
$ 750,000,000
$ 700,000,000
$ 700,000,000
$ 650,000,000
$ 650,000,000
$ 649,900,000
$ 624,380,000
$ 600,000,000
$ 600,000,000
$ 600,000,000
$ 600,000,000
$ 600,000,000
$ 600,000,000
$ 600,000,000
$ 550,000,000
$ 550,000,000
$ 550,000,000
$ 545,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 500,000,000
$ 490,000,000
$ 462,000,000
$ 454,658,000
$ 430,000,000
$ 426,000,000
$ 420,000,000
$ 400,000,000
$ 400,000,000
$ 400,000,000
$ 400,000,000
$ 400,000,000
$ 400,000,000
$ 400,000,000
$ 400,000,000
$ 400,000,000
$ 350,000,000
$ 350,000,000
$ 350,000,000
$ 350,000,000
$ 335,000,000
$ 325,000,000
$ 325,000,000
$ 302,700,000
$ 300,000,000
$ 300,000,000
$ 300,000,000
$ 300,000,000
$ 300,000,000
$ 300,000,000
$ 300,000,000
$ 300,000,000
$ 300,000,000
$ 300,000,000
$ 296,000,000
$ 280,000,000
$ 276,000,000
$ 270,000,000
$ 250,000,000
$ 250,000,000
$ 250,000,000
$ 250,000,000
$ 250,000,000
$ 250,000,000
$ 250,000,000
$ 250,000,000
$ 250,000,000
$ 245,000,000
$ 245,000,000
$ 230,000,000
$ 225,000,000
$ 225,000,000
$ 224,000,000
$ 220,000,000
$ 209,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 200,000,000
$ 180,000,000
$ 175,000,000
$ 170,000,000
$ 160,000,000
$ 160,000,000
$ 150,000,000
$ 150,000,000
$ 150,000,000
$ 150,000,000
$ 150,000,000
$ 150,000,000
$ 150,000,000
$ 150,000,000
$ 150,000,000
$ 148,000,000
$ 140,000,000
$ 140,000,000
$ 137,000,000
$ 128,499,000
$ 126,000,000
$ 120,000,000
$ 114,581,000
$ 110,899,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 100,000,000
$ 98,527,000
$ 88,000,000
$ 87,500,000
$ 87,500,000
$ 87,500,000
$ 87,500,000
$ 87,000,000
$ 80,000,000
$ 80,000,000
$ 80,000,000
$ 70,000,000
$ 66,000,000
$ 63,000,000
$ 62,162,000
$ 60,000,000
$ 60,000,000
$ 60,000,000
$ 60,000,000
$ 50,644,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 45,038,000
$ 44,000,000
$ 40,000,000
$ 40,000,000
$ 40,000,000
$ 40,000,000
$ 40,000,000
$ 40,000,000
$ 34,775,000
$ 33,000,000
$ 33,000,000
$ 30,000,000
$ 30,000,000
$ 30,000,000
$ 30,000,000
$ 30,000,000
$ 30,000,000
$ 29,169,000
$ 25,000,000
$ 25,000,000
$ 25,000,000
$ 25,000,000
$ 22,500,000
$ 20,000,000
$ 20,000,000
$ 20,000,000
$ 20,000,000
$ 20,000,000
$ 20,000,000
$ 19,000,000
$ 15,000,000
$ 15,000,000
$ 15,000,000
$ 15,000,000
$ 15,000,000
$ 15,000,000
$ 14,881,000
$ 14,000,000
$ 14,000,000
$ 13,000,000
$ 12,500,000
$ 10,000,000
$ 10,000,000
$ 10,000,000
$ 10,000,000
$ 10,000,000
$ 10,000,000
$ 6,000,000
$ 6,000,000
$ 6,000,000
$ 5,000,000
$ 4,500,000
$ 4,000,000
$ 4,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 1,750,000
$ 1,500,000
$ 1,500,000
$ 1,500,000
$ 1,000,000
$ 1,000,000
$ 500,000
$ 250,000
$ 200,000
$ 100,000
$ 75,000
$ 65,000
$ 57,500
$ 50,000
$ 50,000
$ 50,000
$ 31,000
$ 30,000
$ 25,000
$ 25,000
$ 25,000
$ 15,000
$ 12,000
$ 10,000
$ 10,000
$ 9,000
$ 8,000
$ 8,000
$ 7,000
$ 6,000
$ 5,000
$ 4,860
$ 4,000
$ 2,500
$ 2,000
$ 2,000
$ 2,000
$ 1,000
$ 1,000

Note to Staff: Don't Look at My Arse

As a friendly reminder to staff. Don't go checking out the posteriors of your bosses while the press is taking pictures.

Photo: courtesy of Politico.com