In 2008, the number had come down to 4,859.
By 2010 the number had come down to roughly 153.
The funny thing, though, is that it's not the first time this number has come up.
In this current session of the Lok Sabha, its 15th, this number has come down to 40 bills a year.
"Cloud Atlas" had been subjected to an economic-modelling process and the numbers had come back too low.
"The numbers had come in, and in Michigan Johnson was way ahead of what our pollster, Walter DeVries, had estimated.
That wasn't a problem for most in attendance, who, judging by the numbers, had come for this purpose.
I dropped thirty-six per cent among Republicans, and double digits among Democrats, African-Americans, and Latinos, though a lot of the numbers have come back up".
If the numbers had come in much higher — if, for example, the price tag had exceeded $900 billion — they could have delayed or derailed Democrats' effort to pass a bill this year.
The numbers have come up materially.
