Demian Brady has posted The First Eighteen Months of the 108th Congress: Ghosts of the Revolution on the National Taxpayers Union web site. Here is the Introduction:

This fall marks the 10-year anniversary of the historic election that made the Republicans the majority party in Congress. With the platform set out in the “Contract with America,” legislators embarked on a mission to change the way things were done in Congress and vowed to scale back the size and impact of the federal government. Yet today, both parties are on track to propose more spending than ever, and the surge in the size of lawmakers’ spending agendas is not being driven by the issues of war and homeland security. These items were actually outpaced by demand for new spending on child care programs, entitlements, and welfare. On the other side of the ledger, the zeal that once existed to root out wasteful or duplicative federal spending has waned over the past decade. Although there are a few signs that more Members are seeking ways to rein in federal spending, there is not yet sufficient evidence to indicate whether this is a trend that will gain steam.

This report summarizes data from NTUF’s BillTally accounting software, which for over 12 years has studied the cost or savings of all legislation introduced in Congress that affects annual federal spending by at least $1 million. Agenda totals for individual lawmakers were developed by cross-indexing their sponsorship and cosponsorship records with cost estimates for 1,147 House bills and 871 Senate bills under BillTally accounting rules that prevent the double counting of overlapping proposals. Prior to publication of this report, all sponsorship and cost data were presented for confidential review to each Congressional office. Appendix A lists all Members alphabetically with the number of spending and saving bills they introduced, Appendix B lists Members by state delegation, and Appendix C gives a thorough explanation of the BillTally methodology.