Here’s a list – not everything, mind you but just a very short list – of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s demands in 1,432-page the House coronavirus ‘stimulus’ legislation:
- $100,000,000 to NASA, page 17
- $200,000,000 for salaries and expenses at Federal Communications Commission, pg 43
- $20,000,000,000 to the USPS, page 53
- $300,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts, page 77
- $300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities, page 77
- $15,000,000 for Veterans Employment Training, page 84
- $435,000,000 for mental health support, page 92
- $30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization fund, page 110
- $200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program, page 117
- $300,000,000 to Public Broadcasting, page 125
- $500,000,000 to Institute of Museums and Libraries Services, page 126
- $210 million for Social Security assistance payments, page 127
- $510 million for Social Security administrative costs, page 127
- $25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building, page 136
- $7,500,000 to the Smithsonian Institution, page 75
- $35,000,000 to the JFK Center for the Performing Arts, page 76
- $25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives, page 134
- $3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA
- $315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs, page 146
- $95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development, page 146
- $300,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance, page 147
- $300,000,000 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg 147
- $90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg 148
- $13,000,000 to Howard University pg 121
- 9,000,000 Misc Senate Expenses pg 134
- $100,000,000 to Essential Air carriers
- $40,000,000,000 goes to the Take Responsibility to Workers and Families Act. This sounds like it’s direct payments for workers. Pg 164
- $1,000,000,000 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg 163
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$25,000,000 to the FAA for administrative costs pg 165
- $526,000,000 Grants to Amtrak
- $13,000,000 to Howard University pg 121
- $25,000,000,000 for Transit Infrastructure pg 169
- $492,000,000 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg 167
- $3,000,000 Maritime Administration pg 172
- $5,000,000 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg 172
- $2,500,000 Public and Indian Housing pg 175
- $5,000,000 Community Planning and Development pg 175
- $2,500,000 Office of Housing
- $1,500,000,000 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Office of Public and Indian Housing, $1 million of which can be used as “additional administrative and other expenses”. pg 176
- $720,000,000 to the public housing fund pg 177
- $100,000,000 for Community Block Grants for Native Americans pg 183
- $250,000,000 for Housing Block Grants for Tribes pg 182
- $130,000,000 for AIDS Housing pg 185
- $15,000,000,000 for the Community Development Fund pg 188
- $5,000,000,000 in Homeless Assistance pg 193
- $100,000,000,000 for Rental Assistance – pg 198
- $7,000,000 to enforce the Fair Housing Act – pg 203
- Paid Family Leave for Sickness is 2 paid work weeks pg 213
- Emergency Family Leave now applies to all employers, not just companies over 500 employees pg 208
- Guarantees paid leave to employees who have an in-law who gets sick pg 209
- $1,000,000,000 for more Obamaphones
And of course, no voter ID would be required to get a ballot and anonymous “ballot harvesting”. See page 650.
Let’s crowd-source the review of the rest of the spending in the legislation. Send your findings with page number sourcing to me at [email protected].
