Senate stimulus bill also contains windfall for federal agencies

[The Straight Story]

Senate stimulus bill also contains windfall for federal agencies
By Amelia Gruber and Kellie Lunney [email protected] January 26, 2009

The Senate appears to be following in the House's footsteps by allotting billions of dollars to federal agencies in its version of the economic stimulus bill. Some of the money would go to grant programs run by those agencies, while other funds would contribute directly to improving facilities and operations.

The Senate Appropriations Committee plans to mark up the bill (S. 1) on Tuesday.

After Congress hammers out the final bill and it is signed into law by President Obama, the public will be able to track how the government spends federal funds in the package at www.recovery.gov.

Examples of spending in the Senate's $825 billion 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment bill follow. This list is not comprehensive.

Defense Department

* $2.4 billion for quality of life programs and family-friendly military construction projects
* $3.2 billion for energy efficiency, repair and modernization projects for Defense facilities, including health care buildings
* $613 million to improve energy efficiency and for alternative energy projects, including those focused on wind and solar power and photovoltaic system installation
* $410 million to expand Defense's Homeowners Assistance Program during the national mortgage crisis

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[Jackpine Radical]

1. That's good to see.

The long run of Republicans and R-Lites since 1981 have left us in a horrible plight.

[Kittycat]

2. Family Friendly Military projects?

What would those consist of? I'm all for educational/day care centers, etc... But if it's for housing, I think they should begin looking in the outlying civilian areas and buying up some of the foreclosed/risk homes instead of building new.