$2 Billion For Broadband Cut From Stimulus Bill
pdabbadabba points out a CNN report on changes to the planned economic stimulus bill (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 [PDF]) that will remove the billion allocated to broadband development. The changes also eliminated smaller amounts allocated to NASA, the National Institute for Standards and Technology, and the National Science Foundation. billion in school construction funding was removed, as well as another .5 billion for higher education construction. A variety of environmental projects were also cut or reduced (half of the billion set aside for energy-efficient federal buildings, half of the 0 million for hybrid federal vehicles), and over billion in health-related provisions are gone. The bill will likely go to vote in the Senate on Tuesday.
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