Posted on 01/27/2009 12:21:37 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants
Stimulus Summary:
The Pelosi-Obey Stimulus bill includes $358 billion in spending under the Appropriations Committee's jurisdiction. When combined with new spending that will be considered by the Ways and Means Committee, the estimated cost of all spending will reach more than $550 billion. Additionally, there is an estimated$,275 billion tax component, which will bring the total cost of the bill to $825 billion.
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Stimulus Summarv:
The Pelosi-Obey Stimulus bill includes $358 billion in spending under the Appropriations
Committee’s jurisdiction. When combined with new spending that will be considered by the
Ways and Means Committee, the estimated cost of all spending will reach more than $550
billion. Additionally, there is an estimated$,275 billion tax component, which will bring the
total cost of the bill to $825 billion.
Summary of spending by Appropriations Subcommittee:
o Agriculture: $26.863 billion
o $19.99 billion in mandatory spending for the Food Stamp program.
o $5.13 billion for rural grant and loan programs, including programs to support
broadband deployment, the Rural Business Cooperative Service, housing
insurance, water and waste programs, and community facilities.
o $726 million for the after-school snack program.
o $253 million for the Department’s building and facility repairs.
o $345 million for information technology improvements.
o $400 million for watershed flood prevention and rehabilitation.
o $23 million for the Department of Agriculture’s Inspector General to conduct
audits and investigations of these programs.
o Commerce, Justice, Science: $14.191 billion
o $6.575 billion for the Department of Commerce, including $3.175 billion for
broadband mapping and for the deployment of wireless and broadband
technology to unserved areas, $ 1 billion for unspecified activities related to the
2010 Decennial Census, $650 million for additional Digital TV transition
coupons, $1 billion for NOAA climate satellite and habitat restoration programs,
$500 million for NIST research, construction and manufacturing support
pÍograms, and $250 million for economic development assistance grants.
o $4.00 billion for the Department of Justice for grant assistance to State and local
law enforcement, including $3 billion for the Byrne/JAG formula grant program
and $l billion for COPS Hiring grants.
o $600 million for NASA, including $400 million for Science to accelerate the
highest priority Earth Science missions, $150 million for aeronautics research and
$50 million for hurricane-related construction projects at NASA centers.
o $3 billion for the National Science Foundation, including $2 billion for research
grants, $300 million for research instrumentation grants, $200 million for
academic research facilities renovation grants, $400 million for major research
equipment and facilities projects, $100 million for science education programs.
o $ 16 million for the Inspectors General of the Department of Commerce, Justice,
NASA, and the National Science Foundation to conduct audits and investigations
of these programs.
o Defense: $4.865 billion
o $4.5 billion for sustainment, maintenance, and repair of Department of Defense
facilities.
o $350 million for research, development, test and evaluation, including pilot
projects, for improvements in energy generation, transmission, regulation, storage,
and use on military installations.
o $15 million for the Department of Defense’s Inspector General to conduct audits
and investigations of these programs.
o Energy and Water: $48.915 billion
o $5 billion for water projects, including $4.5 billion for the Army Corps of
Engineers for repairs and upgrades to levees and dams and $500 million for the
Bureau of Reclamation for drinking water supply, water reuse, and water
recycling projects.
o 537.4 billion for energy projects, including the following:
1. $2 billion for research related to renewable energy and energy effrciency,
2. $500 million for an industrial waste energy recovery incentive program,
3. $ 1.5 billion for grants to institutions to identify, design, and implement
sustainable energy proj ects,
4. $6.2 billion through the’WeatherizationAssistance Program to assist lowincome
families in reducing energy costs,
5. $3.5 billion for Energy Effrciency and Conservation Block Grants to
states, local governments, and Indian tribes to reduce fossil fuel emissions,
6. $3.4 billion for the State Energy Program to provide grants to state energy
offrces,
7. $200 million for Transportation Electrification Program to move the
transportation sector toward clean energy sources,
8. $300 million to provide rebates to residential customers for the purchase
of energy efficient appliances,
9. $400 million for a pilot programthat will allow state and local
governments to acquire alternative fueled vehicles,
10. $2 billion for facilities to support the manufacturing of advanced vehicle
batteries,
1 1. $4.5 billion to support research and development, pilot projects, and
federal matching funds for the Smart Grid Investment Program to
modernize the country’s electric grid,
12. $8 billion for a new loan guarantee program for renewable energy and
electric power transmission systems,
13.52.4 billion for carbon capture and sequestration demonstration projects,
14. 52 billion for capital improvements at Department of Energy labs and
facilities, and for advanced research projects, and
15. $500 million for to accelerate ongoing nuclear waste cleanup.
o $6.5 billion in additional borrowing authority for the Western Area Power
Administration and the Bonneville Power Administration.
o $15 million for the Department of Energy’s Inspector General to conduct audits
and investigations of these programs, but no new funds are provided to conduct
audits and investigations of the Corps of Engineers’ projects.
o Financial Services: $8.755 billion
o $430 million for subsidy and administrative costs of small business loans.
o $600 million to replace a portion of the Federal vehicle fleet with alternative fuel
vehicles.
o $7.7 billion for construction and repairs of Federal buildings, with $6 billion
dedicated to projects focused on energy-efficiency and conservation and $1
billion for ports of entry.
o $25 million for the Inspectors General of the Small Business Administration and
the General Services Administration to conduct audits and investigations of these
programs.
o Homeland Security: $1.102 billion
o $100 million for non-intrusive Customs and Border Protection inspection
equipment,
o $150 million for construction at land ports of entry.
o $500 million for Explosive Detection System installation and procurement and
Airport Checkpoint Technolo gies.
o $150 million for the Coast Guard for alteration of bridges.
o $200 million for Emergency Food and Shelter. (FY08 - $153 million)
o $2 million for the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector
General to conduct audits and oversight of these programs.
o Interior: $15.010 billion
o $8 billion for state revolving funds for clean water and drinking water.
o $1 billion for clean-up of Superfund sites and leaking underground storage tanks.
o $4.375 billion for construction, capital improvements, and revitalization projects
of the Smithsonian Institution, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management,
Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
Indian Health Service.
o $850 million for wildhrehazard reduction, including on Federal lands.
o $300 million for grants and loans to states and local governments to reduce diesel
emissions (DERA).
o $200 million for repair and restoration of science facilities and scientific
equipment of the US Geological Survey.
o $100 million for the Brownfields program to address site assessment and cleanup.
o $100 million for facility repairs and modernization of programs through the
National Park Service Centennial Challenge grants.
o $50 million for grants through the National Endowment for the Arts.
o $35 million for the Inspectors General of the Department of the Interior and the
Environmental Protection Agency.
o Labor-HHS: $171.363 billion
o $4 billion for worker training, including $1.2 billion for a new program for youth
summer jobs, $50 million for Youthbuild, and $750 million for green jobs,
healthcare, and emerging industry training grants.
o $120 million to employ older Americans in community service.
o $500 million for state employment service and reemployment grants.
o $80 million to ensure infrastructure projects funded in the bill comply with
worþlace safety re gulations.
o $300 million to construct Job Corps facilities.
o $1.5 billion for community health centers, including $1 billion for construction
and renovation of existing facilities.
o $88 million to replace HRSA’s headquarters facility.
o $600 million to subsidizetraining for primary care workers, including doctors,
nurses and dentists.
o $462 million to continue replacing CDC facilities.
o $1.5 billion for university research facility construction through NIH.
o $500 million for construction of NlH-owned facilities.
o $ 1.5 billion for NIH research.
o $ I .l billion for comparative effectiveness research.
o $1 billion for LIHEAP for fiscal year 2010.
o $2 billion for the Child Care Development Block Grant.
o $2.1 billion for Head Start and Early Head Start.
o $1 billion for the Community Services Block Grant.
o $100 million for the Compassion Capital Fund.
o $200 million for senior citizen nutrition programs such as Meals on Wheels.
o $3 billion for a new prevention and wellness fund.
o $2 billion to modernize electronic health records.
o $900 million for Project Bioshield.
o $13 billion for formula grants to school districts.
o $100 million for school construction in school districts heavily impacted by
Federal or tribal lands on which they cannot collect property taxes.
o $1 billion for education technology in elementary and secondary schools.
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o $66 million for education for homeless children and youth.
o $200 million for the Teacher Incentive Fund.
o $25 million for construction loans to charter schools.
o $13 billion for special education state grants.
o $600 million for special education programs for infants and families.
o $500 million for vocational and rehabilitation state grants’
o $200 million for centers for independent living.
o $15.6 billion for Pell grants.
o $490 million for college work-study grants.
o $50 million for student aid administration.
o $100 million for teacher quality grants to institutions of higher education.
o $250 million for statewide education data systems.
o $14 billion for construction of elementary and secondary schools.
o $6 billion for construction of facilities at colleges and universities.
o $200 million to pay Americorps volunteers.
o $900 million to reduce the Social Security disability case backlog and construct a
new computing center for the agency.
o $39 billion for state and local education agencies’
o $15 billion to reward schools that have made progress in meeting No Child Left
Behind standards.
o $25 billion for other state and local government functions (including education).
o $42 million for the Inspectors General of the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, as well as the Social Security Administration
and the Corporation for National and Community Service, to conduct audits and
investigations of these programs.
. Military Construction - Veterans: $7.001 billion
o $6 billion for military construction projects, including base housing, child
development centers, hospitals and ambulatory care centers, construction projects
to support Guard and Reserve units across the country, and clean-up activities
related to base closures.
o $1 billion for maintenance of veterans’ medical centers and national cemeteries.
o $l million for the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General to conduct
audits and investigations of these programs.
o State-Foreign Operations: $0.500 billion
o $224 million to rehabilitate the Rio Grande Flood Control System and meet water
quality and capacity requirements of the Colorado River Boundary and Capacity
Preservation project.
o $276 million to improve information technology, including cybersecurity
enhancements.
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o No funds provided for the Department of State’s Inspector General to conduct
audits and investigations of these programs.
o Transportation-HUD: $59.485billion
o $30 billion for federal highway projects, including $300 million for roads on
Indian reservations, $250 million for park roads, $20 million for on the job
training, $20 million for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise bonding, $60 million
for administration, and $29.35 billion to the States.
o $6 billion for transit capital assistance grants for vehicle acquisition and facility
construction.
o $300 million for intercity rail programs.
o $800 million for Amtrak for capital infrastructure improvements.
o $1 billion for capital investment grants for new transit projects.
o $2 billion to rehabilitate existing transit systems.
o $3 billion for airport improvement projects.
o $5 billion for repair and construction projects in public housing units.
o $2.5 billion to renovate and retrofit federally-assisted housing units to make them
more energy efficient.
o $l.5 billion for emergency shelter grants.
o $500 million to renovate and retrofit Native American housing units.
o $l billion for Community Development Block Grants.
o $4.19 billion for the Neighborhood StabilizationProgram for local communities
to purchase and rehabilitate vacant housing.
o $1.5 billion for the HOME program to rehabilitate and construct housing, as well
as fill financing gaps.
o $10 million for nonprofit housing organizations to develop or rehabilitate lowincome
housing.
o $100 million to address lead-based paint threats in public housing.
o $50 million, which will allow loan limits to be raised in subareas, if warranted.
o $35 million for the Inspectors General of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development and Transportation to conduct audits and investigations of these
programs.
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ANGER AND FRUSTRATION!
o $500 million to renovate and retrofit Native American housing units.
Let them pay for their own repairs from the profits off their gambling concessions!
The Native Americans can pay for this from their profits from their gambling concession profits!
5. $3.5 billion for Energy Effrciency and Conservation Block Grants to
states, local governments, and Indian tribes to reduce fossil fuel emissions,
Across the board tax cuts puts money DIRECTLY into the hands of the American public. This bill STEALS money from every taxpayer!
Are WE going to start holding them accountable or not? Because if WE don't, nobody is going to.
So now the Federal Government is going to pay for building local elementary schools. Have these people never heard of the 10th Amendment!!!???!!!???
Out of "an abundance of caution" Obama re-takes the oath of office because one word was out of place. YET, he is willing to trample an entire Constitutional Amendment without a care in the world?
More here:
The single word for all this is "STUPID".
Stimulus: the other white meat.
“$19.99 billion in mandatory spending for the Food Stamp program.”
Not a stimulus. They just passed a budget-busting farm bill last may.
“o $5.13 billion for rural grant and loan programs, including programs to support
broadband deployment, the Rural Business Cooperative Service, housing
insurance, water and waste programs, and community facilities.”
Govt giveaways to pet projects. Mostly non-stimulus.
“726 million for the after-school snack program.
“$253 million for the Department’s building and facility repairs.”
What? Dept of Ag needs to spend $253 million on realestate? gimme a break. That is an outrage.
“Energy and Water: $48.915 billion” Billions and billions in boondoggles. the amount of waste is staggering.
“o $4.19 billion for the Neighborhood StabilizationProgram for local communities
to purchase and rehabilitate vacant housing.”
... and ACORN Payoffs!
Lawyers, teachers, eco-nazis, and public employee unions rewarded for their campaign contributions and votes under the guise of “stimulus” and “change”.
Elections have consequences. The GOP’s action on this socialist porkfest will determine their future.
“o $4.375 billion for construction, capital improvements, and revitalization projects
of the Smithsonian Institution, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management,
Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
Indian Health Service.”
Including millions and millions for grass seed, and $200 million to pay for the mess the inauguration made.
For the private economy, a lump of coal ... for the Government .... IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME!!!
bttt
“YET, he is willing to trample an entire Constitutional Amendment without a care in the world? “
what’s the question mark doing there?
Obama is willing to trample an entire Constitutional Amendment without a care in the world. Now we know.
“o $15 billion to reward schools that have made progress in meeting No Child Left
Behind standards.”
Teachers unions payoffs.
My favorite on the list: $726 million for after school snacks. Wow, is that going to create jobs, we may be forced to ask Mexico to send their workers here just to help cover the labor shortage. What a bunch of maroooons.
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