The measure includes funds for:
· Medicaid programs(approximately $23 billion to the States)
· Amtrak construction
· school renovation
· job training
· part-time college jobs
· summer employment for low-income teenagers
· workers in national parks and forests
· very poor people with as little as no income to claim a $1,000-per-child tax credit
· federal surface transportation programs
This measure does include (as promised by President Obama) funds to give:
· Social Security recipients $250 payments,
· tax credits for small businesses that create jobs
· tax credits to people who make their homes more energy efficient
Information from the AP