Thread by @TheLastRefuge2

🤔The Coronavirus porkulos bill jumped up by $500,000,000 in the last few minutes before final vote.

[Bump is in the notorious small business loans/bribes/payoffs section]

Passed 96-1

Final spend $8.3 billion.

[Was $7.8 billion at beginning of day]

congress.gov/bill/116th-con…

https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1235647028169850880

$61,000,000 HHS FDA Salaries
$20,000,000 Small Business Admin Salaries

$2.2 Billion CDC Appropriation
*$950,000,000 CDC State Grants
*$300,000,000 Global Disease Prevention
*$300,000,000 Reserve fund holding

$836,000,000 NIH Appropriation

$3.1 Billion Public Health and Social Services, Emergency Fund Appropriation (testing, diagnostics, therapeutics, etc)

*$100,000,000 Obamacare (primary care)
*$300,000,000 Obamacare (emergency fund)

Department of State Appropriation

$264,000,000 State Dept. Diplomatic fund (outside U.S.)
$435,000,000 Global Health and Economic Assistance (outside U.S.)
*$200,000,000 Global Health, Emergency Fund (outside U.S.)
$300,000,000 International Disaster Assistance (outside U.S.)

Dept of State Cont...

$250,000,000 Economic Support Fund (outside U.S.)
*$7,000,000 "Operating Expenses" (outside U.S.)

$100,000,000 Worldwide Security Protection (Americans outside U.S.)

Summary (Rough Math)

Approx. $5 billion on U.S. programs (federal and state)
Approx. $3 billion in foreign aid (non Americans)
Approx. $500 Million General Administrative expenses.

Hope that is helpful. Far more than administration requested (most in foreign aid section). Now heading to POTUS Desk for Signature.

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Oops. Forgot to share the summary text link.

congress.gov/bill/116th-con…