House member salary: $174,000

House member office allowance: around $2 million

So let’s say it costs about $6,000 a day to keep one in business, not counting office space.

Times 435, comes out to about $250,000 a day. Lots of movies and TV shows have production costs exceeding that. C-SPAN: Nothing gets done, but it’s fun to watch!

TCU's football coach makes $4 million a year, and he lost last night.  But ESPN has higher ratings than C-SPAN.