Originally Posted by spacedog

Here's what the bill contains.


Tax cuts
Payroll-tax holiday: $99 billion
Expanded earned-income tax credit: $25 billion
Tuition tax credit: $10 billion
Business expensing tax breaks: $90 billion
Renewable-energy tax credit: $20 billion

Relief
Expanded unemployment insurance: $42 billion
Health insurance for unemployed: $40 billion
Expanded food stamps: $20 billion
Housing assistance: $11 billion
Supplemental Security Income payments: $4 billion
Welfare: $3 billion

Infrastructure
Highways: $30 billion
School renovation: $20 billion
Health information technology: $17 billion
Transportation projects: $16 billion
Water projects: $8.4 billion
Military and V.A. construction: $7 billion
Accelerated deployment of broadband: $5.6 billion

Help for state and local governments
Medicaid cost sharing: $87 billion
State grants: $79 billion (32b of that goes to California)
State and local bond tax credit: $42 billion
Community development: $5 billion
Rural development: $4 billion

Energy efficiency
Federal energy-efficiency projects: $22 billion
Energy-efficiency grants: $18.5 billion
Smart electric grid: $11 billion
Renewable-energy loan guarantees: $8 billion

Human capital
Education programs: $29 billion
Pell grants: $18 billion
Job training: $4.6 billion
Scientific research: $3 billion