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Chronicling The “Crap Sandwich”

February 2nd, 2009 by Garden State Patriot and tagged Congress, Conservatives with Attitude, Economy, Federal Spending, Garden State Patriot, House Stimulus Plan, Obama Administration, Stimulus Bill


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!

Category Congress, Economics, Jobs & Taxes, Obama Administration |



One Response to “ Chronicling The “Crap Sandwich” ”

  1. # 1    Alice Shope Says:
    February 2nd, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    Wow-Thanks Mike. This will bankrupt our children, beyond ourselves. How will they pay for all this? What too many people don’t put together well is that this all comes out of the pockets of people, one way or another.

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