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Senate compromise whittles down “Recovery” bill![]() Taxpayer money Win some, lose some. It’s a fact of life in the Washington wheeling and dealing on legislation, including bail-out and “economic recovery” bills.Every proposal begins with comprehensive “needs” and gets whittled down to what should be a manageable size. Or in this case, what will hopefully be the bare essentials to jumpstart cities, towns and businesses across America. Many items did not make the Senate cut. Here, as presented in Daily Kos and courtesy of Senator Pat Leahy’s office, is what the Senate compromise proposes to ax in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Billion dollar cuts:
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The U.S. Conference of Mayors has assembled a list of projects that cities and counties would like to get built under the stimulus plan – they have to seek formal approval after the stimulus bill passes. On that list: 18,750 projects. This nifty link lets you peruse what each city wants as part of what the mayors’ organization is calling Mainstreet Economic Recovery. Source: Daily Kos SectionsBusiness, News, PoliticsTopicsAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Daily Kos, NOAA, Project 8 Housing, Senator Pat Leahy, State and Local Law Enforcement, State Fiscal Stabilization, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Washington2 Responses to “Senate compromise whittles down “Recovery” bill”CommentsYou must be logged in to post a comment. |
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February 8th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
You source is Daily Kos? The article lost all credibility with that resource. Don’t tell me Clarksville Online has gone liberal as well.
February 8th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
What specifically do you consider to be inaccurate in that article?
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