Chronicling The “Crap Sandwich”
An, ahem, small sampling of what is in the House version of the “Scheme-ulous Bill.”
- $335,000,000 million for STD Prevention
- $5,2000,000,000 billion to ACORN (Note: Michelle Malkin is also reporting that Bank of America has given ACORN $2,000,000 from TARP funds)
- $2,800,000,000 billion for expanding broadband access in rural and underserved communities
- $90,000,000 million to left-wing interest group Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (”LCCR”)
- $44,000,000 million for repairs at the Agriculture Department headquarters in Washington.
- $200,000,000 million to rehabilitate the National Mall.
- $360,000,000 million for new child care centers at military bases.
- $1,800,000,000 billion to repair National Park Service facilities.
- $276,000,000 million to update technology at the State Department.
- $600,000,000 million for General Services Administration to replace older vehicles with alternative fuel vehicles.
- $2,500,000,000 billion to upgrade low-income housing.
- $400,000,000 million for NASA scientists to conduct climate change research.
- $426,000,000 million to construct facilities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- $800,000,000 million to clean up Superfund sites.
- $6,700,000,000 billion to renovate and improve energy efficiency at federal buildings.
- $400,000,000 million to replace the Social Security Administration’s 30-year-old National Computer Center.
The rest of the list comes via American Thinker (some of this might be redundant, but you get the point):
Department Of Agriculture
- $44,000,000 – Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments
- $209,000,000 – Agricultural Research Service Buildings and Facilities
- $245,000,000 – Farm Service Agency Salaries and Expenses
- $350,000,000 – Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations
- $50,000,000 – Watershed Rehabilitation Program;
- $5,838,000,000 – Rural Development Programs, Rural Community Advancement Program;
- $22,129,000,000 – Rural Housing Service, Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account
- $2,825,000,000 – Rural Utilities Service, Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program
- $100,000,000 – Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
- $150,000,000 – Emergency Food Assistance Program” (This includes grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa)
- $300,000,000 – Administrative Expenses ($150,000,000 each in ‘09 & ‘10)
- $650,000,000 – Forest Service, Capital Improvement and Maintenance
- $840,000,000 – Wildland Fire Management
Department Of Commerce
- $250,000,000 – Economic Development Administration, Economic Development Assistance Program
- $1,000,000,000 – Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses and Programs (additional funding)
- $350,000,000 – National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Salaries and Expenses
- $2,825,000,000 – Wireless and Broadband Deployment Grant Programs
- $650,000,000 – Digital-To-Analog Converter Box Program
- $100,000,000 – National Institute of Standards and Technology Scientific and Technical Research and Services
- $100,000,000 – Industrial Technology Services
- $300,000,000 – Construction of Research Facilities
- $400,000,000 – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Operations, Research and Facilities
- $600,000,000 – Procurement, Acquisition and Construction (includes not less than $140,000,000 for “climate data modeling”)
Department Of Justice (DoJ)
- $3,000,000,000 – State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
- $1,000,000,000 – Community Oriented Policing Services
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- $400,000,000 – Science (not less than $250,000,000 “shall be solely for accelerating the development of the tier 1 set of Earth science climate research missions)
- $150,000,000 – Aeronautics
- $50,000,000 – Cross Agency Support Programs (restoration and mitigation of NASA infrastructure and facilities damaged during 2008 disasters)
National Science Foundation
- $2,500,000,000 – Research and Related Activities
- $100,000,000 – Education and Human Resources
- $400,000,000 – Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction
Department Of Defense
- $4,500,000,000 – Facility Infrastructure Investments
- $350,000,000 – Energy Research and Development
- $920,000,000 – Military Construction, Army
- $350,000,000 – Military Construction, Navy & Marine Corps
- $260,000,000 – Military Construction, Air Force
- $3,750,000,000 – Military Construction, Defense-Wide
- $140,000,000 – Military Construction, Army National Guard
- $70,000,000 – Military Construction, Air National Guard
- $100,000,000 – Military Construction, Army Reserve
- $30,000,000 – Military Construction, Navy Reserve
- $60,000,000 – Military Construction, Air Force Reserve
- $300,000,000 – Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990
NOTE: Keep in mind the Obama Administration – at a time of war and terrorism – is proposing to cut defense spending by 10%.
Department Of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- $950,000,000 – Veterans Health Administration, Medical Facilities
- $50,000,000 – National Cemetery Administration
Energy And Water
- $2,000,000,000 – Army Corps of Engineers, Civil Construction
- $250,000,000 – Mississippi River and Tributaries
- $2,225,000,000 – Operation and Maintenance
- $25,000,000 – Regulatory Program
Department Of Energy
- $18,500,000,000 – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- $4,500,000,000 -; $1,000,000,000 – Advanced Battery Loan Guarantee Program
- $500,000,000 – Institutional Loan Guarantee Program
- $8,000,000,000 – Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program
- $2,400,000,000 – Fossil Energy
- $2,000,000,000 – Science (weird science?)
Environmental And Other Defense Activities
- $500,000,000 – Defense Environmental Cleanup
Borrowing Authorities
- $3,250,000,000 – Western Area Power Administration
- $3,250,000,000 – Bonneville Power Administration
General Services Administration
- $7,700,000,000 – Federal Buildings Fund
- $600,000,000 – Energy Efficient Federal Motor Vehicle Fleet Procurement (no mention of buying only American cars)
Small Business Administration
- $426,000,000 – Business Loans Program Account
Department Of Homeland Security
- $100,000,000 – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (non-intrusive detection technology at sea ports of entry)
- $150,000,000 – Repair and Construct Inspections Facilities (at land border points of entry)
- $500,000,000 – Aviation Security
- $150,000,000 – Coast Guard, (alteration of bridges)
- $200,000,000 – FEMA, Emergency Food & Shelter
Department Of The Interior
- $500,000,000 – Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources
- $325,000,000 – Bureau of Land Management, Construction (for priority road, bridge and trail repair or decommissioning)
- $300,000,000 – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Construction (for priority road and bridge replacement and repair)
- $1,700,000,000 – National Park Service Construction
- $200,000,000 – National Mall Revitalization Fund (half of that requires matching private funds)
- $100,000,000 – National Park Service Centennial Challenge (signature projects and programs)
- $200,000,000 – U.S. Geological Survey for Surveys, Investigations and Research
- $500,000,000 – Bureau of Indian Affairs, Construction
- $800,000,000 – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Hazardous Substance Superfund
- $200,000,000 – EPA, Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program
- $8,400,000,000 – State and Tribal Assistance Grants ($6 bln, Clean Water State Revolving Funds $2 bln, Drinking Water State Revolving Funds; $300 mil, Title VII, Subtitle G, Energy Policy Act of 2005; $100 mil, Comprehensive environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980)
Department Of Health And Human Services (HSS)
- $550,000,000 – Indian Health Service
- $2,188,000,000 – Health Resources and Services
- $462,000,000 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Control, Research and Training
- $1,500,000,000 – National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Research Resources
- $1,500,000,000 – NIH, Office of the Director
- $500,000,000 – NIH, Buildings & Facilities
- $700,000,000 – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- $400,000,000 – Discretionary Funds, Secretary of HHS (Tom Daschle won’t have to pay taxes on this)
- $1,000,000,000 – Administration for Children and Families, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
- $2,000,000,000 – Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant;
- $3,200,000,000 – Children and Families Services Program
- $200,000,000 – Administration on Aging, Aging Services Programs
- $2,000,000,000 – Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology;
- $900,000,000 – Public Health & Social Services Emergency Fund (three parts for advanced R&D, prepare for influenza pandemic, improve IT at the Department of HHS);
- $3,000,000,000 – HHS Prevention and Wellness Fund
Department Of Education
- $13,000,000,000 – Education for the Disadvantaged
- $100,000,000 – Impact Aid (Title VII of the elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965)
- $1,000,000,000 – School Improvement Program
- $200,000,000 – Innovation and Improvement
- $13,000,000,000 – Special Education (ref. IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
- $16,126,000,000 – Student Financial Assistance
- $50,000,000 – Student Aid Administration
- $100,000,000 – Higher Education
- $250,000,000 – Institute of Education Sciences
- $14,000,000,000 – School Modernization, Renovation, and Repair
- $6,000,000,000 – Higher Education Modernization, Renovation, and Repair
- $79,000,000,000 – State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
Corporation For National And Community Service
- $160,000,000 – Operating Expenses
- $40,000,000 - National Service Trust
Social Security Administration
- $900,000,000 – Limitation on Administrative Expenses
Smithsonian Institute
- $150,000,000 – Facilities Capital
National Foundation For The Arts And The Humanities
- $50,000,000 – National Endowment for the Arts
Department Of Labor
- $4,000,000,000 – Employment and Training Administration
- $120,000,000 – Community Service Employment For Older Americans
- $500,000,000 – State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations
- $80,000,000 – Departmental Management
- $300,000,000 – Office of the Job Corps
Department Of State
- $276,000,000 – Administration of Foreign Affairs, Capital Investment Fund
- $224,000,000 – International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. and Mexico, Construction
Department Of Transportation
- $3,000,000,000 – Federal Aviation Administration, Grants-in-Aid for Airports
- $30,000,000,000 – Federal Highway Administration, Highway Infrastructure Investment;
- $300,000,000 – Federal Railroad Administration, Capital Assistance for Intercity Passenger Rail Service
- $800,000,000 – Capital and Debt Service Grant to the Railroad Passenger Corporation
- $6,000,000,0000 – Federal Transit Administration, Transit Capital Assistance
- $2,000,000,000 – Fixed Guideway Infrastructure Investment
- $1,000,000,000 – Grants at the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation
Department Of Housing & Urban Development
- $5,000,000,000 – Public & Indian Housing, Public Housing Capital Fund
- $2,500,000,000 – Elderly, Disabled, and Section 8 Assisted Housing, Energy Retrofit
- $500,000,000 – Native American Housing Block Grants
- $1,000,000,000 – Community Planning & Development, Community Development Fund
- $4,190,000,000 – Neighborhood Stabilization Activities; Community Development Fund
- $1,500,000,000 – Home Investment Partnerships Program
- $10,000,000 – Self-Help & Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program
- $1,500,000,000 – Homeless Assistance Grants
- $100,000,000 – Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, Lead Hazard Reduction
Hope…it’ll work (It won’t). Change…all that’ll be left in our pockets.
By the way, fight the Scheme-ulous Bill here: www.NoStimulus.com
ON EDIT: Via Fausta’s Blog…add another $340 billion to this tasty crap sandwich in interest alone.
Cross-posted at Conservatives with Attitude!






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