Nancy Pelosi’s mouse slated for $30M slice of cheese from economic-stimulus package
Talk about a pet project. A tiny mouse with the longtime backing of a political giant may soon reap the benefits of the economic-stimulus package.
Lawmakers and administration officials divulged Wednesday that the $789 billion economic stimulus bill being finalized behind closed doors in Congress includes $30 million for wetlands restoration that the Obama administration intends to spend in the San Francisco Bay Area to protect, among other things, the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi represents the city of San Francisco and has previously championed preserving the mouse’s habitat in the Bay Area. Read More
Bacon Hunt: Stimulus Bill Contains Many Items That May Not Boost Economy
FOXNews.com readers pored over the package and found a host of expenditures that might not pump money in any time soon. What follows is a list of some of the more fascinating — if less stimulating — items in the bill:
– $100 million for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program
– $200 million to the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program
– $300 million for “Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs”
– $900 million for the IRS for the “Limitation on Administrative Expenses”
– $1 million for the Railroad Retirement Board for administrative costs
– $2 billion for the Drinking Water State Revolving Act
– $50 million for Health and Human Services to carry out injury prevention programs
– $1.1 billion for studies on the effectiveness of different medical treatments — $200 million to upgrade labs and facilities for the Department of Agriculture “to improve workplace safety and mission-area efficiencies”
– $10 million for urban canal inspection
– $16 billion to pay for student financial aid
– $1 billion to pay for the U.S. Census
– $600 million to pay for a fuel-efficient federal auto fleet
– $650 million for the Digital Converter Box Program to help the constantly delayed transition from analog television
– $485 million to the Forest Service for “hazardous fuels reduction and hazard mitigation activities in areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfire”
– Up to $1 billion for “summer activities” for youths as old as 24
– $40 million for the occupational research agenda
– $3 billion for the Centers for Disease Control wellness programs and vaccinations
– $410 million for Indian health facilities
– $2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstrations
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Obama said “There is no earmarks in the stimulus bill.
He sure has a problem saying anything without including a lie within his statements! Lets be honest the man has a lying problem!
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(1) Hey, how about another half-serving of Turbaconducken?! Update: Complete entree served!By Michelle Malkin
Ever get the feeling we’re ruled by children?
Beginning to think so, only thing Pelosi looks no way like a child.
So, the final bill is over a thousand pages. No one has read it. No one knows what all is in it. The national credit card appears to be this much over its limit (see graph)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123440436240475615.html
Most of the bill, in dollar terms, appears to be virtual pork, none of it especially “stimulating.”
Don’t you think it would have been nice if we could have seen it first?
At change,gov, a famous Kenyan teen took this position on transparency and earmarks:
As president, Barack Obama will restore the American people’s trust in their government by making government more open and transparent. Obama will work to reform congressional rules to require all legislative sessions, including committee mark-ups and conference committees, to be conducted in public.
It’s almost like he was lying!
No Kidding! LOL
Obama said “There is no earmarks in the stimulus bill.
He sure has a problem saying anything without including a lie within his statements! Lets be honest the man has a lying problem!
I respectfully disagree. B. Hussein Osama errrr Obama has no problem lying.
OK! I accept that Obama has no problem lying to Americans and or anyone else! Yes he is a lier, worst than Bush ever was! Do we hear the liberals complaining about Obama lying? NOPE!