from CNN:
(CNN) -- On Monday, House Republican leaders put out a list of what they call wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the nearly $900 billion stimulus bill that is being debated:
The Senate is currently the nearly $900 billion economic stimulus bill.
-$2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen.a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Department of Energy defunded last year because it said the project was inefficient.
-$246 million tax break for Hollywood mov ie producers to buy motion picture film.
-$650 million for the digital television co nverter box coupon program.
-$8820million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship).
-$448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters.
-$248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.
-$600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.
-$400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD's.
-$1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.
=$125 million fo= r the Washington sewer system.
-$150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.
- $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion.
-$75 million for "smoking cessation activities."
-$200 million for public computer centers at community colleges.
-$75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI.
-$25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction.
-$500 million for flood reduction projectson the Mississippi River.
-$10 million to inspect canals in urban are as.
-$6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings.
- $500 million for state and local fire stations.
-$650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.
-$1.2 billion for "youth activities," including youth summer job programs.
-$88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service.
-$412 million for CDC buildings and property.
-$500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.
-$160 million for "paid volunteers" at the Corporation for National and Community Service.
-$5.5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administratio= n.
-$850 million for Amtrak.
-$100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.
-$75 million to construct a "security training" facility for State Department Security officers when they can be traine= d at existing facilities of other agencies.
-$110 million to the Farm Service Agency to= upgrade computer systems.
-$200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations.=
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I wonder how I get one of these "paid volunteer" gigs....
If you oppose this stimulus package, please sign John McCains petition here:=
http://www.countryfirstpac.com/petition/economic.aspxwww.oustobama.com is now for sale!<= br>
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