Feingold details Wisconsin aspects of Senate stimulus bill
U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Middleton, said in a statement the economic recovery package the Senate approved today is not perfect, but the country's rising unemployment rate requires quick and responsible action.
"The economic recovery package is not perfect but it does take important steps to create or save millions of jobs while addressing our country's energy and infrastructure challenges," Feingold said in a statement.
Feingold also highlighted some of the Wisconsin provisions in the bill:
--$537 million for Wisconsin roads and bridges.
-- $99.8 million for transit infrastructure; there's also $2.25 billion for passenger rail and $5.5 billion for national infrastructure projects that Wisconsin can compete. Feingold mentioned as an example a Milwaukee-Madison high speed rail corridor.
-- $107.6 million for Wisconsin's Clean Water State Revolving Fund and $38 million for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
-- $17.7 million for Wisconsin law enforcement through the Byrne Grant program.
-- $161 million in funding for the supplemental nutrition assistance program, formerly known as food stamps.
-- $26.1 million for the Public Housing Capital Fund that public housing authorities could use to modernize public housing facilities.
