I wonder what Sen Orrin Hatch is smoking? I want some......

HATCH INTRODUCES BILL TO REDUCE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO 2009 LEVELS

WASHINGTON –Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced legislation today aimed at cutting the bloated federal government down to size. The Reduce and Cap the Federal Workforce Act would reduce and limit the number of civilian federal workers to February 2009 levels. “If we are to get our deficit under control, we need to rein in the runaway growth of our federal government,” Hatch said. “Simply put, the federal government is growing at breakneck speed and it is time to apply the brakes before it bankrupts the nation and the taxpayers. My bill is a commonsense approach to putting a halt to big government.” Hatch said the numbers show why his legislation is needed. From 1981 through 2008, the senator noted, civilian workers numbered between 1.1 million and 1.2 million. The Obama administration is forecasting the government’s workforce this year will reach 2.15 million and serve 310 million Americans. “That is almost a fifty percent increase since 2008,” Hatch said. "In 1974, former President Gerald Ford said: ‘A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.’ Today, we have an administration t hat seems hell bent on doing just that. That is unacceptable.” If I was to get into a Pool on the odds of success for this Bill, I reckon I'd want the box that says it 'Doesn't get to the Committee Level'.... (Here's a link to his PR Release)