Here are some examples of the pork in the Omnibus spending bill:
$50,000,000 to build an indoor rainforest in Iowa.
$2,000,000 for the First Tee Program, to get young people into golf.
$405,000 for industrial lubricants research in Iowa.
$338,000 for the Alabama Beef Connection.
$225,000 for the National Wild Turkey federation, a hunting concern.
$4,000,000 for the International Fertilizer Development Center.
$595,000,000 for Trilogy, an FBI information technology program.
$397,700,000 for prison buildings and facilities.
$6,000,000 for a Police Athletic League.
$30,000,000 for the Southwest Border Prosecutors Initiative.
$7,105,000 for construction of an international narcotics control
law enforcement academy in Roswell, NM.
Up to $120,000,000 for a classified Defense Department project.
$250,000 for the General Patton Museum of Cavalry & Armor, in Kentucky.
$225,000 for a shopping center in Adelanto, CA.
$500,000 for the "Exercise in Hard Choices" at the U. of Akron, which
attempts to replicate House and Senate meetings in which congressional
members review a budget, and vote to include or exclude various options.
moveon.org |
