broadband Internet access, and $8.4 billion for mass transit.

Another $125 billion would go toward education, including $13.9 billion to increase the Pell Grant maximum award. Energy initiatives get $49 billion. Programs that protect those hit hardest by the financial crisis, including nutrition programs, child care, and social services block grants, make up $25 billion of the package. Meanwhile, $16 billion goes to health spending.

On the same day, the Senate Finance Committee passed its portions of the package by 14 to 9. That included one $69.8 billion amendment to the bill, a measure designed to protect more than 30 million households, mainly with incomes between $100,000 and $500,000, from the alternative minimum tax this year. Other amendments included tax credits for broadband in rural areas and more tax credits for investment in renewable energy.

The bill will be taken up on the floor of the Senate for a vote next week

and what about the left-handed Episcopalian dwarves? Where is their stimulus money?

and what about the left-handed Episcopalian dwarves? Where is their stimulus money?

I'm not familiar with those dwarves, but it
sure is hilarious. (if it's a nuanced term for RINO, it's definitely an apt description)