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  1. How much stimulus money does it take to screw in a compact fluorescent light bulb?

    By Bill Allison May 28, 2009 1:51 a.m.

    Apparently $109.5 million. From the aforementioned 100 Days, 100 Projects report:

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  2. Senate channels "Not Me"

    By Bill Allison Mar 18, 2009 5:05 p.m.

    Maybe we should make members pass a quiz on the contents of bills before they're allowed to vote. Case in point: the bonus exemption in the Stimulus Bill that AIG executives took advantage of. Where it came from and how it got into the bill is a mystery:

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  3. Cities seeking a Piece of the Action?

    By Bill Allison Feb 26, 2009 1:43 p.m.

    From the A Piece of the Action? database, here's a list of cities that have hired lobbyists who have reported that the bailout or the stimulus is a specific lobbying issue, complete with links (if any) to project requests on the excellent StimulusWatch.org page for those cities:

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  4. Who's seeking A Piece of the Action?

    By Bill Allison Feb 23, 2009 5:48 p.m.

    The bailout (the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, TARP, etc.) and the stimulus (the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act) are massive pieces of legislation with lots of moving parts. Thus, the more eyeballs on them and what's around them, the better.

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