Coronavirus relief bill contains nearly $12 billion in questionable spending
3/31/20
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3/28/20:
Fox News counted them up and found nearly $12 billion in spending that has a tenuous or disputed connection to the emergency.
The final bill includes:
$10,804,687,000 for international development
$350,000,000 for refugee resettlement
$93,000,000 Congress ($25 million of which is for “salaries and expenses”)
$75,000,000 for PBS stations
$75,000,000 for the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
$75,000,000 National Endowment for the Humanities
$50,000,000 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services
$25,000,000 for the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
$7,500,000 for the Smithsonian Institution
Critics slammed those provisions of the bill.
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