Is this an actually stimulus or is it a spending package. You decide?* $ 600 Million To Buy New Cars For Government Workers (Page 89). These cars would be "green" friendly cars - however very few gas pumps have the right gas to run these cars. The Federal government already spends $ 3.5 billion a year.
* $ 10M for bike and walking trails (Page 65)
* $ 200M for plug-in car stations (Page 31)
* $ 400 million for NASA scientists to conduct climate change research (Page 22)
* $ 800 million to clean up Superfund sites (Page 122)
* $ 600 million for grants for diesel emission reduction (Page 119)
* $ 650 million for "alternative energy technologies, energy efficiency enhancements and deferred maintenance at Federal facilities" (Page 119)
* $ 1.5 billion for construction of "Green Schools" (Page 176)
* $ 1 billion to the controversial COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES COPS Hiring Program
* $ 83 billion for the earned income credit for people who don't pay income tax.
* $ 246 million for Hollywood
* $ 50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts (Page 122)
* $ 75 million for smoking cessation (Page 148). This contradicts the latest version of SCHIP that is funded largely by new taxes on cigarettes.
* $ 4.19 billion open to ACORN. The Pelosi-Reid bill makes groups like ACORN eligible for a $ 4.19 billion pot of money for "neighborhood stabilization activities."
* $ 54 billion will go to federal programs that the Office of Management and Budget or the Government Accountability Office have already criticized as "ineffective" or unable to pass basic financial audits.
* $ 462 Million for Equipment, Construction, and Renovation of Facilities at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (Page 137)
* $ 150 Million for Repairs to Smithsonian Institution Facilities (Page 128)
* $ 44 million to the Agricultural Research Service (Page 135)
* $ 227 million for oversight of the pork barrel spending in the stimulus (Page 11)
* $ 1 Billion for The Follow-Up To The 2010 Census (Page 49)
Now is this just a stimulus package or has Obama finally shown that he won't keep up on his promises. you tell me.
Lol there is enough pork in here to end world hunger.
Plus unions just suck.
in response to mike. Was anyone complaining. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. We had just been attacked by terrorists. Everyone wanted revenge. plus I am just trying to get more peoples answers that is why I asked multiple times.
Who the hell is the cato institute?
ladydreamer24
A spending package. Just like all past Presidents have done. Nothing new here, just the same old government. It is just costing us more now. Enjoy!
PuzzleMe
what happened to the rest of the pages. There are in total of about more than 600 pages
Exile
Considering that 6/7 is spending for 2010 and 1/7 is stimulus: Spending.
M.E.
It is both a stimulus and spending package, as promised by Obama.
And it will be effective.
OrangeCountyCA
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is made up of 3,500 local unions representing 1.4 million members who work in public service and health care.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000061
National Education Association (NEA) is the nation's oldest—and largest—teachers union. The NEA lobbies elected and government officials on everything from
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000064
The Laborers International Union of North America, best known as the Laborers Union, represents workers in a variety of fields, from construction and health care workers to janitors and food service employees
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000074
SEIU is the largest and fastest growing member of the AFL-CIO. Representing a vast array of service-related workers, the union's membership includes health care employees, janitors, security guards, public service employees, home care workers, building service workers, and probation and parole officers.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000077
Communications Workers of America represents 740,000 workers in telecommunications, broadcasting, journalism and other fields. The union's members work for companies such as AT&T, General Electric and many of the nation's top newspapers and broadcast stations.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000075
The American Federation of Teachers represents 1 million teachers, school staff, higher education faculty and other public employees. The federation also has a health care division, which represents health professionals and nurses.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000083
The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (commonly known as United Auto Workers) is one of the most politically active of all unions. A strong financial supporter of Democrats and labor causes in general,
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000070
the AFL-CIO represents more than 13 million workers nationwide. The federation acts as an umbrella group for 66 unions, bringing together workers from a wide range of industry and government jobs, from the Screen Actors Guild
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000088
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Ironworkers, better known as the Ironworkers Union, does what just its name says: It represents the nation's ironworkers. One of the Democratic Party's most loyal financial supporters
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000140
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