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Detailed Stimulus

ProPublica:

Congress released its compromise of the economic stimulus plan at 11 p.m. Thursday. Debate began in the House at 9 a.m., with voting set for 1 p.m. Want to know what’s in it? You could read the 1,071-page gorilla they’ve posted. Or you could read our chart below of the spending provisions.

(The tax cuts and other finance provisions aren’t in this chart yet, but are summarized here (PDF). We will be updating regularly as more details emerge.) And if you’d like some background, here’s our earlier chart comparing the differences between the House and Senate bills.

To see a certain category of spending provisions, click on one of the following: Accountability | Aid to People Affected by Economic Downturn | Aid to State and Local Governments | Business | Education | Energy | Health Care | Other | Science and Technology | Transportation and Infrastructure

Washington Post’s Walter Pincus digs deeper into one of my own favorite parts of the proposal (and something that should’ve been a no brainer even before this stimulus):

The new program established in the stimulus bill is called the Homeowners Assistance Fund. It is primarily for wounded [veterans] who need to move for medical reasons, surviving spouses of those killed in action or Defense Department personnel suddenly ordered to relocate. The program is also available to the widows of Defense Department civilian employees killed in the line of duty. It builds on a program to help homeowners near military bases being closed.

Senate Appropriations Committee members described $2.3 billion of the military construction money as needed to aid “quality of life and family-friendly military construction projects,” such as barracks for those returning from overseas deployments, family housing, child-care centers, and health and dental clinics on bases in the United States.

Another major element in that package is $481 million for new or expanded facilities to take care of medical and social service needs for the wounded and their families.

I know it’s SOCIALISM! but we need to be taking care of these people, and five years of stories of military personnel losing their homes while serving over seas is a disgrace.