$44 million for construction, repair and improvements at US Department of Agriculture facilties $209 million for work on deferred maintenance at Agricultural Research Service facilities $245 million for maintaining and modernizing the IT system of the Farm Service Agency $175 million to buy and restore floodplain easements for flood prevention $50 million for "Watershed Rehabilitation" $1.1 billion for rural community facilities direct loans $2 billion for rural business and industry guaranteed loans $2.7 billion for rural water and waste dispoal direct loans $22.1 billion for rural housing insurance fund loans $2.8 billion for loans to spur rural broadband $150 million for emergency food assistance $50 million for regional economic development commissions $1 billion for "Periodic Censuses and Programs" $350 million for State Broadband Data and Development Grants $1.8 billion for Rural Broadband Deployment Grants $1 billion for Rural Wireless Deployment Grants $650 million for Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program $100 million for "Scientific and Technical Research and Services" at the National Institute of Standards And Technology $30 million for necessary expenses of the "Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership" $300 million for a competitive construction grant program for research science buildings $400 million for "habitat restoration and mitigation activities" at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration $600 million for "accelerating satellite development and acquisition" $140 million for "climate data modeling" $3 billion for state and local law enforcement grants $1 billion for "Community Oriented Policing Services" $250 million for "accelerating the development of the tier 1 set of Earth science climate research missions recommended by the National Academies Decadal Survey." $50 million for repairs to NASA facilities from storm damage $300 million for "Major Research Insrumentation program" (science) $200 million for "academic research facilities modernization" $100 million for "Education and Human Resources" $400 million for "Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction" $4.5 billion to make military facilities more energy efficient $1.5 billion for Army Operation and Maintenance fund $624 million for Navy Operation and Maintenance $128 million for Marine Corps Operation and Maintenance $1.23 billion for Air Force Operation and Maintenance $454 million to "Defense Health Program" $110 million for Army Reserve Operation and Maintenance $62 million for Navy Reserve Operation and Maintenance $45 million for Marine Corps Reserve Operation and Maintenance $14 million for Air Force Reserve Operation and Maintenance $302 million for National Guard Operation and Maintenance $29 million for Air National Guard Operation and Maintenance $350 million for military energy research and development programs $2 billion for Army Corps of Engineers "Construction" $250 million for "Mississippi River and Tributaries" $2.2 billion for Army Corps "Operation and Maintenance" $25 million for an Army Corps "Regulatory Program" $126 million for Interior Department "water reclamation and reuse projects" $80 million for "rural water projects" $18.5 billion for "Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy" research in the Department of Energy. That money includes: $2 billion for development of advanced batteries $800 million of that is for biomass research and $400 million for geothermal technologies $1 billion in grants to "institutional entities for energy sustainability and efficiency" $6.2 billion for the Weatherization Assistance Program $3.5 billion for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants $3.4 billion for state energy programs $200 million for expenses to implement energy independence programs $300 million for expenses to implement Energy efficient appliance rebate programs including the Energy Star program $400 million for expenses to implement Alternative Fuel Vehicle and Infrastructure Grants to States and Local Governments $1 billion for expenses necessary for advanced battery manufacturing $4.5 billion to modernize the nation's electricity grid $1 billion for the Advanced Battery Loan Guarantee Program $2.4 billion to demonstrate "carbon capture and sequestration technologies" $400 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency (Science) $500 million for "Defense Environmental Cleanup" $1 billion for construction and repair of border facilities and land ports of entry $6 billion for energy efficiency projects on government buildings $600 million to buy and lease government plug-in and alternative fuel vehicles $426 million in small business loans $100 million for "non-intrusive detection technology to be deployed at sea ports of entry $150 million for repair and construction at land border ports of entry $500 million for explosive detection systems for aviation security $150 million for alteration or removal of obstructive bridges $200 million for FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter program $325 million for Interior Department road, bridge and trail repair projects $300 million for road and bridge work in Wildlife Refuges and Fish Hatcheries $1.7 billion for "critical deferred maintenance" in the National Park System $200 million to revitalize the National Mall in Washington, D.C. $100 million for National Park Service Centennial Challenge programs $200 million for repair of U.S. Geological Survey facilities $500 million for repair and replacement of schools, jails, roads, bridges, housing and more for Bureau of Indian Affairs $800 million for Superfund programs $200 million for leaking underground storage tank cleanup $8.4 billion in "State and Tribal Assistance Grants" $650 million in "Capital Improvement and Maintenance" at the Agriculture Dept. $850 million for "Wildland Fire Management" $550 million for Indian Health facilties $150 million for deferred maintenance at the Smithsonian museums $50 million in grants to fund "arts projects and activities which preserve jobs in the non-profit arts sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn" through the National Endowment for the Arts $1.2 billion in grants to states for youth summer jobs programs and other activities $1 billion for states in dislocated worker employment and training activities $500 million for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve $80 million for the enforcement of worker protection laws and regulations related to infrastructure and unemployment insurance investments $300 million for "construction, rehabilitation and acquisition of Job Corps Centers" $250 million for public health centers $1 billion for renovation and repair of health centers $600 million for nurse, physician and dentist training $462 million for renovation work at the Centers for Disease Control $1.5 billion for "National Center for Research Resources" $500 million for "Buildlings and Facilties" at the National Institutes of Health in suburban Washington, D.C. $700 million for "comparative effectiveness research" on prescription drugs $1 billion for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance $2 billion in Child Care and Development Block Grants for states $1 billion for Head Start programs $1.1 billion for Early Head Start programs $100 million for Social Security research programs $200 million for "Aging Services Programs" $2 billion for "Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology" $430 million for public health/social services emergency funds $2.3 billion for the Centers for Disease Control for a variety of programs $5.5 billion in targeted education grants $5.5 billion in "education finance incentive grants" $2 billion in "school improvement grants" $13.6 billion for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act $250 million for statewide education data systems $14 billion for school modernization, renovation and repair $160 million for AmeriCorps grants $400 million for the construction and costs to establish a new "National Computer Center" for the Social Security Administration $500 million to improve processing of disability and retirement claims $920 million for Army housing and child development centers $350 million for Navy and Marine Corps housing and child development centers $280 million in Air Force housing and child development centers $3.75 billion in military hospital and surgery center construction $140 million in Army National Guard construction projects $70 million in Air National Guard construction projects $100 million in Army Reserve construction projects $30 million in Navy Reserve construction projects $60 million in Air Force Reserve construction projects $950 million for VA Medical Facilities $50 million for repairs for military cemeteries $120 million for a backup information management facility for the State Department $98 million for National Cybersecurity Initiative $3 billion for "Grants-in-Aid for Airports" $300 million for Indian Reservation roads $300 million for Amtrak capital needs $800 million for national railroad assets or infrastructure repairs, upgrades $5.4 billion in federal transit grants $2 billion in infrastructure development for subways and commuter railways $5 billion for public housing capital $1 billion in competitive housing grants $2.5 billion for energy efficiency upgrades in public housing $500 million in Native American Housing Block Grants $4.1 billion to help communities deal with foreclosed homes $1.5 billion in homeless prevention activities $79 billion in education funds for states
A few thoughts on this monstrosity $1 billion for "Periodic Censuses and Programs" Huh? $2.8 billion for loans to spur rural broadband Giddyap! 650 million for Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program The cutoff is in a couple of weeks. What is this crap? $30 million for necessary expenses of the "Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership" Anyone but Hollings know what the hell this is? $400 million for "habitat restoration and mitigation activities" at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration You got to be kidding me. Do we have unemployed birds and beavers? $2.4 billion to demonstrate "carbon capture and sequestration technologies" Can't they do this with power point? $200 million to revitalize the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Is this to repair the damage all those unemployed Obama clones did at the inauguration? $8.4 billion in "State and Tribal Assistance Grants" Goint to remodel the casinos? $950 million for VA Medical Facilities Indians get 8 bil, vets 950 mil. Thanks guys. $300 million for Indian Reservation roads Got to have better driveways at the casinos. $500 million in Native American Housing Block Grants OK who's the indian lobbist in Washington. I want him on my side.
Turns out it's the ultimate Pork Barrell bill....and it gets around the "no earmarks" directive by Obama. Yeah Change is happening in DC, Obama is he leader of Change, praise be Obama.
Green Acres is the place to be Farm livin' is the life for me Bailout dollars so far and wide Keep Manhattan the bucks are in the countryside.
obviously, you haven't seen the casinos Gipper, hell we got folks slapping BO on the back in other topics. This is just awful. As much as I'd like to blame BO for this, I still feel that this reminds me all too well of the tragically ineffective planning we had in CA when the Pelosi, Feinstein and Boxer types began to take hold of the state. I really cannot begin to express to people how quickly an economy that was soaring like a rocket, all of a sudden found itself being hurled to the ground. I just pray that this forces a revolution on the other side of the aisle to replace the Jesuscans with by God fiscal conservatives.. right now this is like watching someone fight a man with no arms.
Actually, we have plenty of the casinos here in Michigan and I've seen too many. However, you probably haven't seen some of the casinos in the high desert of NM and the UP of Mich.
I was teasing. While I have not had the joys of the casinos in the UP, I have seen and experienced the casinos all over the Western US.. I just gotta laugh because it beats the alternative...
Corey, I was driving from Albuquerque to Farmington NM and I crossed most of the state. We'd see nothing for miles except barren scrub and then see what looked like an indoor tennis bubble. Yep, another Indian casino in the middle of no-f'en-where. I visited one in the UP that was nothing more than a steel shell builing with slots and blackjack tables.