The bill would have been passed even if the true cost estimate had been known by congress.

First, the bill, hundreds of pages long, was voted on hours after it was printed so that no one could actually read it. Second, the vote was held around 2:00 in the morning. Third, what was announced as a fifteen minute voting period was extended to several hours while the Republican majority in the house literally bribed opposition congressmen until they achieved a tiny majority.

With tactics like this, the content of the bill was totally irrelevant as was the cost.

Bev and Jerry