What follows are a number of the spending projects included in the economic stimulus bill filed by Democrats late on Friday, which will be voted on in coming days by the House of Representatives. This is not a complete list. Instead, it is an overview of some of the major items found in this bill in terms of spending. No judgments are made about the need for these expenditures. That is up to you, the voter, and your elected members of the House and Senate. You can find the full text of the bill, HR 1 at www.rules.house.gov Here is a sampling of what we found: million for construction, repair and improvements at US Department of Agriculture facilties 9 million for work on deferred maintenance at Agricultural Research Service facilities 5 million for maintaining and modernizing the IT system of the Farm Service Agency 5 million to buy and restore floodplain easements for flood prevention million for “Watershed Rehabilitation” .1 billion for rural community facilities direct loans billion for rural business and industry guaranteed loans .7 billion for rural water and waste dispoal direct loans .1 billion for rural housing insurance fund loans .8 billion for loans to spur rural broadband 0 million for emergency food assistance million for regional economic development commissions billion for “Periodic Censuses and Programs” 0 million for State Broadband Data and Development Grants .8 billion for Rural Broadband Deployment Grants …
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