THE STIMULUS PLAN: A DETAILED LIST OF SPENDING
Submitted by admin on February 17, 2009
Pro Publica: Jounalism in the public interest provides this breakdown.
The House approved the economic stimulus plan Friday afternoon with a vote of 246 to 183, followed by the Senate with a vote of 60 to 38. Want to know what’s in it? You could read the 1,071-page gorilla that passed today. Or you could let us do the work for you. We’ve dissected the beast in two charts—one for spending below, and one for taxes.
The appropriations section of the bill details spending in excess of $311 billion for programs ranging from Pell grants for college students to clean water in central Utah to nearly $100 billion in new transportation and infrastructure projects. Here’s the link.