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February 6, 2009
The Senate Stimulus Deal and Republican Priorities
-- by Dave Johnson
To get a few Republican votes to stop a filibuster and actually pass a bill to save the economy, here is what has changed:
REMOVED money for:
Head Start
Education for the Disadvantaged
School improvement
Child Nutrition
Firefighters
Transportation Security Administration
Coast Guard
Prisons
Police
Violence Against Women
NASA
National Science Foundation
Western Area Power Administration
CDC
Food Stamps
REDUCED money for:
Public Transit $3.4 billion
School Construction $60 billion
INCREASED money for:
Defense operations and procurement
STAG Grants
Brownfields
Additional transportation funding
Also, reduced tax cuts for lower incomes.
Posted by Dave Johnson at February 6, 2009 8:50 PM
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