Latest Breakdown on Stimulus Bill

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Here is a breakdown of who gained, who lost and who survived in the final economic stimulus bill that the House and Senate are expected to vote on Friday:

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Amtrak gaines funding in the compromise version of the economic stimulus bill.

Winners

High-speed and inner-city rail: Went from $300 million in House bill to $2.25 billion in Senate to $8 billion in final version. There also is a $6.9 billion provision for public transit.

Amtrak: Picked up $500 million from both House and Senate versions to total $1.3 billion. The bill stipulates that no more than 60 percent can go to the Northeast Corridor.

National Institutes of Health: Ends up with $10 billion in the final bill. The House proposed $3.5 billion and the Senate wanted $10 billion -- $8.2 billion goes to the NIH director for his discretion.

Government oversight: Board to oversee stimulus bill spending will get $84 million to do the job. House bill allocated $14 million while the Senate bill called for $7 million. There is also more than $100 million more for various inspectors general in different agencies.

NASA: Banked just more than $2 billion, including $400,000 for science/global-warming research. Watch congressional comments on the stimulus bill »

Losers

Veterans: Nearly all items for Veterans Affairs were reduced and the $2 billion the Senate wanted for VA construction was wiped out altogether. The VA did get one thing: $1 billion for medical facilities renovation and retooling.

Military construction: Cut and put into a general pot, a change from targeted money for each branch of the services. Army construction alone went from $600 million in the Senate and $900 million in the House to $180 million in the final bill. But negotiators compromised over a general military construction fund -- the House wanted $3.75 billion while the Senate allocated $118 million and settled on $1.45 billion for all services.

FBI: Senate had allocated $475 million but all was cut out of final bill.
Pademic flu research: Although senators agreed it wouldn't produce jobs, it's getting $50 million in the final bill, down from nearly $900 million.

Foreclosures: $2 billion is set for a neighborhood stabilization program that helps areas plagued with foreclosures by buying back properties and preventing blight.

Homeless: $1.5 billion is directed to homelessness prevention.

Passports: $90 million is going to the State Department to deal with domestic facilities that deal with passports and training.

Social Security: $500 million goes to replace its 30-year-old computer system.

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Tax breaks

Car buyers: Anyone who buys a new car in 2009 gets to deduct the sales tax. To qualify, buyer must make $125,000 individually or $250,000 jointly. Cost is $1.7 billion.

Homebuyers: First-time homebuyers who purchase this calendar year get an $8,000 tax credit which does not have to be repaid like a similar measure last year. This phases out for people making more than $75,000 individually or $150,000 jointly. "First-time homebuyer" is defined as someone who has not owned a home for the past three years. Cost: $6.63 billion.

Paying for college

Pell grants: will increase to a maximum of $5,350 per student in 2009-2010 year thanks to two provisions in the stimulus.

Tax credits: Individuals making less than $80,000 or families making less than $160,000 can get up to $2,500 in tax credits for college tuition. 40 percent ($1,000) of the credit is refundable. Cost: $13.9 billion over 10 years.

It looks like the veterans have really been screwed on this deal.

This is only a small portion of what's in the bill.
Didn't the squirrel say that there was "no pork spending" in the Stimulus Bill, and that it  would create millions of jobs?
The list below is just for the federal employees and "ear-marks" (which he also said he wouldn't allow).  I guess that is called "misspeak" in todays political atmosphere. 
Yep, the creation of millions of jobs (for union workers only).

1. Billions of dollars in spending exclusively devoted to benefit federal employees.

$5.5 billion for making federal buildings "green" (including $448 million for the Department of Homeland Security's headquarters)

$198 million to design and furnish the DHS headquarters

$200 million for workplace safety in Department of Agriculture facilities

$75 million for the Smithsonian Institution

$300 million more for hybrid and electric cars for federal employees (see below)

$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

$412 million for Centers for Disease Control headquarters

$500 million earmark for National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland

$100 million for constructing U.S. Marshalls office buildings

$300 million for constructing Federal Bureau of Investigation office buildings

$800 million for constructing Federal Prison System buildings and facilities

$307 million for constructing National Institute for Standards and Technology office buildings

$1 billion for administrative costs and construction of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office buildings

That spending was added to an earlier version of the bill, which also benefited federal employees by splurging on things such as the following:

$600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees

$125 million for the Washington, D.C. sewer system

$75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI

$6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings

$88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service

$5.5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the Veterans Administration's "National Cemetery Administration"

$60 million for Arlington National Cemetery

$75 million to construct a new "security training" facility for State Department Security officers when they can be trained 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

2. Wasteful spending that is not directly targeted at federal employees:

Arguably the best item in the Senate bill is a $1,500 tax credit to anyone that purchases "neighborhood electric vehicles"-also known as golf carts. The total estimated cost of that giveback is $300 million. Purchasers of motorcycles and three-wheelers shouldn't despair, however, as there are benefits available for them, too.

And then there are these:

$2 billion for a FutureGen near-zero emissions powerplant in Mattoon, Illinois

$2 billion for manufacturing advanced batteries for hybrid cars

$650 million for the digital TV (DTV) transition coupon program

$1.2 billion for summer jobs for youth

$200 million for public computer centers at community colleges and libraries

$750 million earmark for the National Computer Center

$10 million to fight Mexican gun-runners

$850 million for Amtrak (on top of its regular subsidy)

$100 million for lead paint hazard reduction

$275 million for flood prevention

$65 million for watershed rehabilitation

$650 million for abandoned mine sites

$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

$1.5 billion for carbon capture projects under sec. 703 of P.L. 110-140 (though the original section only authorizes $1 billion for five years)

$500 million for state and local fire stations