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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ish who wrote (32895)	8/28/2000 7:38:19 PM
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Some examples: Triana satellite to beam pictures of earth to the Internet: $32 million. Expanded abortion rights including federal funding (S.1400: $354 million). Increase family planning funding (FY2001: $35 million increase). Address disparity in cancer rates among racial and ethnic minorities (S.1880: $270 million). Prescription drug coverage: $253 billion over ten years. Lower Medicare eligibility age to 55 (CBO estimate: $200 million over ten years). Cancel Third World debt (H.R. 3049: $670 million). Pay UN dues (H.R. 483, 105th Congress: $1,303 million). Remove soldiers from Food Stamps(S.2322: $6 million)[WOW HOW GENEROUS]. Housing vouchers: $690 million over ten years. National Energy Security and Environment Trust Fund (FY2001: $938 million). Brownfields clean-up: $4.2 billion over ten years. Alternative transportation investments: $6.1 billion. "Technology for Tomorrow Challenge": $68 billion over ten years. Ratify Kyoto treaty (Administration estimates $63.4 billion over seven years). Increase parkland and combat "suburban sprawl": $2 billion over ten years. "Smart Growth Policies": $1 billion. "Livability Agenda": $1 billion. Endowment for Democracy (public financing of elections $7.1 billion over seven years.)