Whats in the 2009 stimulus package that just passed the U.S. House of Representatives?
• $150 billion earmarked for schools would effectively double federal education spending. • $71 billion for clean energy programs • $20 billion for clean energy tax incentives such as $2 billion will be put into grants for advanced battery technology • 459,000 jobs by the end of 2010 • Reduction oil consumption and global warming pollution. • $335 million for education related to sexually transmitted diseases • $650 million for coupons to help people make the switch to digital TV • $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts • $150 million for the Smithsonian Institution • $50 million for the National Cemetery Administration’s monument and memorial repairs • $800 million for Amtrak, the country’s railroad system • $2 billion for child-care subsidies • $400 million for global warming research • $100 million for reducing the danger of lead paint in homes • $2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects • $50 million for NASA facilities that may have been harmed by natural
