I say, enough with bipartisanship, if this is how Republicans are going to vote anyway.
- An increase in the maximum benefit under the former food stamp program (now called the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or SNAP);
- An expansion of broadband internet access to rural areas of America;
- Programs to improve infrastructure and develop rural communities;
- Improvements to the criminal justice system;
- funding for science and technology research;
- Funding for the Community Oriented Policing Services;
- Funding to repair, maintain and renovate the Department of Defense (DoD) facilities;
- Energy efficiency projects and modernization of heating/cooling and electrical systems at the DoD;
- Improving Army barracks;
- Energy related research and development (renewable energy programs and expansion of existing weatherization activites);
- Funding for the Army Corps of Engineers (remember the levees in New Orleans that weren’t funded?;
- Modernization of the nation’s electrical grid;
- Construction and repair of Federal facilities;
- Funding for clean water programs and water infrastructure projects;
- Capital improvements and maintenance for Forest Service and National Park Service, the Superfund program and wildland fire management;
- Funding for the Department of Health and Human Services;
- Funding for labor and employment training programs/Department of Labor;
- Renovations to elementary and secondary schools;
- Pell Grants and other student financial assistance;
- Educational programs aimed at elementary and secondary education;
- Defense construction projects – including hospitals, barracks and day care centers;
- funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be used on maintaining VA medical facilities and cemeteries;
- Funding for Information Technology projects at the State Department;
- Funding for highway construction;
- Funding for housing assistance programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
- Grants to states and cities for community development;
- Refundable tax credits for middle and lower income families;
- Increase tax credit for higher education;
- Extension of tax credit for renewable energy production;
- Increase the earned income tax credit for lower income families with three or more qualifying children;
- Increased funding for emergency unemployment benefits for those who exhaust the amount of benefits they collect;
- Temporary increase in amount of unemployment benefits;
- Assistance to states for spending on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program;
- Extension of Medicaid coverage to certain unemployed workers;
- Assistance with COBRA premium payments for certain unemployed workers; and
- Incentives for health care providers to use "health information technology" which would reduce health care costs for providers and lower premiums.
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