These tax-related measures being pushed by the White House would generate about $130 billion, a fraction of the roughly $2 trillion in savings over a decade that the White House and Republicans agree is necessary to stave off a debt crisis.
Mr. Mitchell, 29, said his cash expenses to make and distribute the segment were about $50, a fraction of the roughly $100,000 that it would cost to broadcast a 30-second spot on a television news program with an audience of a few million, like "Meet the Press".
The trading commission is operating with about 30 employees, a fraction of its roughly 700-person staff.
Even so, the roughly 140,000 U.S. visitors last year remains just a small fraction of the roughly 3 million foreign visitors to Cuba last year.
The United States does run a monthly deficit of about $4 billion with Mexico, but even that is a small fraction of the roughly $28 billion monthly deficit with China.
That represented a small fraction of the roughly 58,000 scheduled flights over the two-day period.
The defecting scientists represent a small fraction of the roughly 600,000 authors Elsevier says it publishes.
That is a small fraction of the roughly 4.3 million total births that year.
The 110 emails represented only a small fraction of the roughly 60,000 emails that passed through Mrs. Clinton's servers.
With volume reaching more than 100,000 vehicles this year, hybrids remain a fraction of the roughly 17 million cars, S.U.V.'s, minivans and pickup trucks bought last year.
