Wasteful and Non-Stimulative Spending in Nelson-Collins Substitute
• $2 billion earmark for FutureGen near zero emissions powerplant in Mattoon, IL • $39 billion slush fund for "state fiscal stabilization" bailout • $5.5 billion for making federal buildings "green" (including $448 million for DHS HQ) • $200 million for workplace safety in USDA facilities • $275 million for flood prevention • $65 million for watershed rehabilitation • $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges and libraries • $650 million for the DTV transition coupon program • $307 million for constructing NIST office buildings • $1 billion for administrative costs and construction of NOAA office buildings • $100 million for constructing U.S. Marshalls office buildings • $300 million for constructing FBI office buildings • $800 million for constructing Federal Prison System buildings and facilities • $10 million to fight Mexican gunrunners • $1.3 billion for NASA (including $450 million for "science" at NASA) • $100 million to clean up sites used in early U.S. atomic energy program • $10 million for urban canals • $2 billion for manufacturing advanced batteries for hybrid cars • $1.5 billion for carbon capture projects under sec. 703 of P.L. 110-140 (though section only authorizes $1 billion for five years) • $300 million for hybrid and electric cars for federal employees • $198 million to design and furnish the DHS headquarters • $255 million for "priority procurements" at Coast Guard (polar ice breaker) • $500 million for State and local fire stations • $180 million for construction of Bureau of Land Management facilities • $500 million for wildland fire management • $110 million for construction for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service • $522 million for construction for the Bureau of Indian Affairs • $650 million for abandoned mine sites • $75 million for the Smithsonian Institution • $1.2 billion for summer jobs for youth • $412 million for CDC headquarters • $500 million earmark for NIH facilities in Bethesda, MD • $160 million for "volunteers" at the Corp. for National and Community Service • $750 earmark for the National Computer Center in MD • $224 million for International Boundary and Water Commission – U.S. and Mexico • $850 million for Amtrak • $100 million for lead paint hazard reduction
Watch Dr. Coburn's floor speeches regarding the Senate Stimulus here
