Blog: Mobtown Shank

According to Sen. Pat Leahy's office, these items, in the spirit of bipartisan compromise (or Conservative Appeasement), have been cut from the stimulus package. BILLION DOLLAR CUTS $40 billion State Fiscal Stabilization $16 billion School Construction $7.5 billion of State Incentive Grants $5.8 billion Health Prevention Activity $4.5 billion GSA $3.5 billion Higher Ed Construction (Eliminated) $3.5 billion Federal Bldgs Greening $2.25 Neighborhood Stabilization (Eliminate) $2 billion broadband $2 billion HIT Grants $1.25 billion project based rental $1 billion Head Start/Early Start $1.2 billion in Retrofiting Project 8 Housing $1 billion Energy Loan Guarantees [...]