Our friend Liz gave us a heads up on the troop supplimental pork up. Now she gives break down on the pork itself:
What the hell all of this is doing in a defense bill, I have no idea:
$24 million for funding for sugar beets $3 million for funding for sugar cane (goes to one Hawaiian co-op). $20 million for insect infestation damage reimbursements in Nevada, Idaho, and Utah.
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$22.8 million for geothermal research and development.
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$500 million for wildland fire management.
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$13 million for mine safety technology research.
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$31 million for one month extension of Milk Income Loss Contract program (MILC)
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$50 million for fisheries disaster mitigation fund.
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$100 million for security at the Presidential Candidate Nominating Conventions
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$2 million for the University of Vermont
Take a link over…..see how our elected officials used our money to sell out our troops….
