Stimulus Bill Filled With Wasteful Spending. President Trump on Wednesday defended the inclusion of $25 million in funding for the Kennedy Center as part of the massive economic relief bill …
The Senate gave unanimous approval late Wednesday to a historic $2 trillion economic stimulus package that calls for direct payments to taxpayers and hundreds of billions in relief for small businesses and targeted industries, like airlines.
Despite being filled with money for museums, trains, ... funding is provided to help states pay for their share of the cost of state-supported routes.
President Donald Trump praised funding for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts that was put in the stimulus bill. Coronavirus.
Instead, they go toward “necessary expenses of the House of Representatives to prevent, prepare for, and respond to … This gargantuan bill won’t make it to President Donald Trump’s desk without some last-minute political angst. As pointed out by the President — who signed the bill into law Friday afternoon — the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) is by far the largest economic relief in the history of the country: It made its way through the lower chamber after passing in the Senate to the triumphant tune of 96-0 Wednesday night.
A post on social media claims The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - a cultural center located in Washington, D.C. - donated $5 million to …
For the record, a GSA press release on Feb. 20 quoted Anthony Costa, acting commissioner of PBS, explaining why an investment in federal buildings belongs in the stimulus bill. While the stimulus package does include $25 million for House “salaries and expenses,” those funds will not go to a “pay increase” for members of Congress.
Here's what's in the $2 trillion stimulus package — and what's next.
The Senate stimulus compromise package aimed at helping Americans cope with the economic woes caused by the coronavirus crisis includes millions for the arts.. The claim: PBS and the Kennedy Center donated funds from the CARES Act to the Democratic Party. Stimulus funding can’t come fast enough for public broadcasters A lone SUV travels down the normally bustling 20th Street Viaduct on Thursday in … Lost in Americans' anticipation of coronavirus relief checks are all the favors paid to special interest groups in the $2.2 trillion bill. This is the organization that subsidies PBS and NPR stations across the country. The breakdown of public television funding is somewhat complex, because public television stations are run independently of PBS, each with their own budgets (though certain states bundle all stations together under one organization). It also has $75 million for PBS and NPR. "Anytime you have this much money, $2 trillion, the most we've ever spent at one time, and any time you're moving this fast, there's going to be waste, fraud, and abuse potential," Rep. Jodey Arrington told Newsmax TV on Friday. For the record, a GSA press release on Feb. 20 quoted Anthony Costa, acting commissioner of PBS, explaining why an investment in federal buildings belongs in the stimulus bill. Kirk tweeted: “The final stimulus bill includes $25 million for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
One of the conservative commentators unhappy that the $2.2 trillion stimulus bill has money set aside for NPR and PBS is Charlie Kirk. Other large portions of funding include $45 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief Fund, $30.9 billion for schools and $25 billion for public transit. The Senate has passed a roughly $2 trillion coronavirus response bill intended to speed relief across the American economy.