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Ga. man key to crafting illegal immigration bill

Ga. man key to crafting illegal immigration bill
ATLANTA — With the fate of a proposal to crack down on illegal immigration still unknown in the frenetic final days of Georgia’s legislative session, the bill’s author was spotted several times hud…

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UPDATE 1-Sony’s insurers to help foot bill for data breach

UPDATE 1-Sony’s insurers to help foot bill for data breach
* Sony says insurers ‘have been put on notice’

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Please tell me how you feel about this – What GOP Leaders deem wasteful in Senate stimulus bill?

(CNN) — On Monday, Congressional Republican leaders put out a list of what they call wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the nearly $900 billion stimulus bill that is being debated:
The Senate is currently the nearly $900 billion economic stimulus bill.

The Senate is currently the nearly $900 billion economic stimulus bill.

• $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Department of Energy defunded last year because it said the project was inefficient.

• A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.

• $650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.

• $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship).

• $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters.

• $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.

• $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.

• $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD’s.

• $1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.
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• $125 million for the Washington sewer system.

• $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.

• $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion.

• $75 million for “smoking cessation activities.”

• $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges.

• $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI.

• $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction.

• $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.

• $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas.

• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings.

• $500 million for state and local fire stations.

• $650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.

• $1.2 billion for “youth activities,” including youth summer job programs.

• $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service.

• $412 million for CDC buildings and property.

• $500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.

• $160 million for “paid volunteers” at the Corporation for National and Community Service.

• $5.5 million for “energy efficiency initiatives” at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.

• $850 million for Amtrak.

• $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.

• $75 million to construct a “security training” facility for State Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.

• $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.

• $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations.

Didn’t President Obama say there was no pork or earmarks in the stimulus bill?

Amazing…..

I posted this yesterday, and it must have hurt some little lib’s feelings because it got reported.

I guess Libs just can’t stand to read the truth.

President Obama said in his press conference that there was no pork and “not a single earmark” in the bill, so how does he explain all of these…..

•$1 billion for Amtrak (which hasn’t turned a profit in 40 years)
•$50 Million for The National Endowment for the Arts
•$400 million for global-warming
•$2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects
•$650 million for digital TV conversion coupons
•$600 million for the Federal Government to buy new hybrid cars
•$7 billion for modernizing federal buildings and facilities
•$81 billion for Medicaid
•$36 billion for expanded unemployment benefits
•$20 billion for food stamps
•$83 billion for the earned income credit for people who don’t pay income tax
•$252 billion is for income-transfer payments
•$246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film
•$88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker
•$448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters
•$248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters
•$400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD’s
•$1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs
•$125 million for the Washington sewer system
•$1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion
•$75 million for “smoking cessation activities.”
•$200 million for public computer centers at community colleges
•$25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction
•$500 million for state and local fire stations
•$6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings
•$88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service
•$412 million for CDC buildings and property
•$160 million for volunteers at the Corporation for National Community Service
•$200 million for reseeding the grass on the National Mall

I guess he has a “different deffinition” of pork, or maybe he would rather call it chicken

Future uncertain for Heartbeat Bill

Future uncertain for Heartbeat Bill
By JULIE CARR SMYTH

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CUsource Teams with Online Resources for Full Service Banking and Bill Pay

CUsource Teams with Online Resources for Full Service Banking and Bill Pay
Online Resources Corporation , a leading provider of online financial services, and CUsource, LLC, a Montana-based credit union service organization, today announced they have signed a reseller agreement for Internet banking and bill payment services.

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Rep. Flake re-introduces bill to ‘staple’ green cards to Ph.D diplomas

Rep. Flake re-introduces bill to ‘staple’ green cards to Ph.D diplomas
Computerworld – WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Arizone, has re-introduced legislation that would offer permanent residency to any U.S. university student who graduates with a Ph.D in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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