December 21, 2020 5:00PM 

# Spending Bill Almost a Mile Long 

By [Chris Edwards](https://www.cato.org/people/chris-edwards) 

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Congress is set to pass a $2.3 trillion [spending bill](https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20201221/BILLS-116HR133SA-RCP-116-68.pdf), including $900 billion in further coronavirus relief.

The bill is an astounding 5,585 pages in length, including 544 pages for coronavirus relief, 1,915 pages for appropriations, and 3,126 pages for extensions and corrections.

If it were printed at 11 inches per page, that’s 61,435 inches or 5,120 feet. Since there are 5,280 feet in a mile, the bill is almost a mile of paper end to end.

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##### Related Tags 

[COVID-19](https://www.cato.org/covid-19), [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) 

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