The one hope is that the Republicans in the House can withstand the pressure at home to vote down the bills which specifically target their state.
If you go to that page, you will get a more focused picture of the interconnected bills that are being proposed as the third stimulus.
There is another bill that goes with S 942 that would modify an existing bill instead of requiring the passage of a whole new bill to fund the transportation infrastructure that Obama wants. I think that the modification moves money from the original stimulus bill that was supposed to go for passenger rail to freight rail. I'm not sure, but it sounds like they are simply trying to do an end around on the Republicans on this one. The money for the passenger rail projects was cut from the budget twice. The last time on Feb. 19, 2011. So, now the Democrats want to revive the allotment and switch it to freight rail.
“Here is the list of bills...”
So where does it say how much money these bills will cost?