The Stimulus Bills: House vs. Senate
The Senate passed the Stimulus Package today 61-37. Now the plan will return to the House for final revision.
So how do the two versions stack up? We’ve put together this chart so you can easily spot the differences.
Some highlights: The House version would spend $60 billion more on education. The Senate version adds more than $100 billion for tax cuts to individuals and families. The House would spend more to upgrade the country’s electricity grid. The Senate would spend more on medical research. And there are plenty more.
| Program | House | Senate | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aid to Low-Income Families Total | $124,186,000,000 | $97,230,900,000 | ▼$26,955,100,000 |
| Health insurance aid | $2,272,000,000 | ▲$2,272,000,000 | |
| Unemployment benefits | $36,000,000,000 | $39,490,000,000 | ▲$3,490,000,000 |
| COBRA healthcare for unemployed | $30,300,000,000 | $20,000,000,000 | ▼$10,300,000,000 |
| Hunger programs | $21,176,000,000 | $17,100,000,000 | ▼$4,076,000,000 |
| Housing | $13,510,000,000 | $8,600,000,000 | ▼$4,910,000,000 |
| Medicaid for unemployed | $8,600,000,000 | ▼$8,600,000,000 | |
| Job training and placement | $5,120,000,000 | $4,300,000,000 | ▼$820,000,000 |
| Disabled and elderly programs | $4,200,000,000 | ▼$4,200,000,000 | |
| Other | $5,280,000,000 | $5,468,900,000 | ▲$188,900,000 |
| Aid to States Total | $172,500,000,000 | $134,840,000,000 | ▼$37,660,000,000 |
| Medicaid | $87,000,000,000 | $86,700,000,000 | ▼$300,000,000 |
| State fiscal relief | $79,000,000,000 | $39,000,000,000 | ▼$40,000,000,000 |
| State and local law enforcement | $4,000,000,000 | $3,500,000,000 | ▼$500,000,000 |
| Other | $2,500,000,000 | $5,640,000,000 | ▲$3,140,000,000 |
| Business Total | $880,000,000 | $730,000,000 | ▼$150,000,000 |
| Small businesses | $880,000,000 | $730,000,000 | ▼$150,000,000 |
| Education Total | $68,456,000,000 | $42,850,000,000 | ▼$25,606,000,000 |
| K-12 education | $26,616,000,000 | $25,400,000,000 | ▼$1,216,000,000 |
| School construction and technology | $21,000,000,000 | ▼$21,000,000,000 | |
| Higher education | $16,140,000,000 | $13,900,000,000 | ▼$2,240,000,000 |
| Early childhood programs | $4,700,000,000 | $3,550,000,000 | ▼$1,150,000,000 |
| Energy Total | $53,650,000,000 | $38,963,000,000 | ▼$14,687,000,000 |
| Fossil energy research | $4,600,000,000 | ▲$4,600,000,000 | |
| Energy efficiency projects | $11,400,000,000 | $5,800,000,000 | ▼$5,600,000,000 |
| Electricity grid | $11,000,000,000 | $4,500,000,000 | ▼$6,500,000,000 |
| Federal building/Defense facility efficiency | $8,500,000,000 | $6,313,000,000 | ▼$2,187,000,000 |
| Renewable energy loans | $8,000,000,000 | $8,500,000,000 | ▲$500,000,000 |
| Weatherization | $6,200,000,000 | $2,900,000,000 | ▼$3,300,000,000 |
| Renewable energy research | $2,350,000,000 | $2,600,000,000 | ▲$250,000,000 |
| Advanced batteries | $2,000,000,000 | $2,000,000,000 | |
| Other | $4,200,000,000 | $1,750,000,000 | ▼$2,450,000,000 |
| Health Care Total | $26,750,000,000 | $19,191,000,000 | ▼$7,559,000,000 |
| Health information technology | $20,000,000,000 | $19,191,000,000 | ▼$809,000,000 |
| Other | $6,750,000,000 | ▼$6,750,000,000 | |
| Other Total | $1,898,000,000 | $1,760,000,000 | ▼$138,000,000 |
| Accountability | $248,000,000 | $110,000,000 | ▼$138,000,000 |
| Census | $1,000,000,000 | $1,000,000,000 | |
| DTV conversion coupons | $650,000,000 | $650,000,000 | |
| Science and Technology Total | $17,771,000,000 | $22,405,000,000 | ▲$4,634,000,000 |
| Broadband | $6,000,000,000 | $7,000,000,000 | ▲$1,000,000,000 |
| National Science Foundation | $3,000,000,000 | $1,200,000,000 | ▼$1,800,000,000 |
| National Institutes of Health | $2,000,000,000 | ▼$2,000,000,000 | |
| Department of Energy | $2,000,000,000 | ▼$2,000,000,000 | |
| University research facilities | $1,500,000,000 | ▼$1,500,000,000 | |
| Biomedical research | $900,000,000 | $10,000,000,000 | ▲$9,100,000,000 |
| NASA | $600,000,000 | $1,300,000,000 | ▲$700,000,000 |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | $600,000,000 | $1,000,000,000 | ▲$400,000,000 |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | $462,000,000 | ▼$462,000,000 | |
| Other including National Institutes of Health | $1,100,000,000 | ▲$1,100,000,000 | |
| Other | $709,000,000 | $805,000,000 | ▲$96,000,000 |
| Tax Cuts Total | $282,284,000,000 | $358,162,000,000 | ▲$75,878,000,000 |
| Manufacturing | $1,603,000,000 | ▲$1,603,000,000 | |
| Individuals | $184,637,000,000 | $302,198,000,000 | ▲$117,561,000,000 |
| State and local governments | $42,957,000,000 | $14,272,000,000 | ▼$28,685,000,000 |
| Businesses | $29,483,000,000 | $17,546,000,000 | ▼$11,937,000,000 |
| Energy projects | $19,961,000,000 | $17,682,000,000 | ▼$2,279,000,000 |
| Other | $5,246,000,000 | $4,861,000,000 | ▼$385,000,000 |
| Transportation and Infrastructure Total | $80,604,000,000 | $85,090,000,000 | ▲$4,486,000,000 |
| Competitive grants | $5,500,000,000 | ▲$5,500,000,000 | |
| Homeland security | $4,700,000,000 | ▲$4,700,000,000 | |
| Federal buildings | $1,400,000,000 | ▲$1,400,000,000 | |
| Bureau of Reclamation | $1,400,000,000 | ▲$1,400,000,000 | |
| Water and waste disposal | $1,400,000,000 | ▲$1,400,000,000 | |
| Nuclear weapons program maintenance | $1,000,000,000 | ▲$1,000,000,000 | |
| Highways and bridges | $30,000,000,000 | $27,000,000,000 | ▼$3,000,000,000 |
| Transit | $12,000,000,000 | $8,400,000,000 | ▼$3,600,000,000 |
| Clean water | $9,500,000,000 | $6,000,000,000 | ▼$3,500,000,000 |
| Defense Department facilities | $8,265,000,000 | $2,400,000,000 | ▼$5,865,000,000 |
| Corps of Engineers | $4,500,000,000 | $4,600,000,000 | ▲$100,000,000 |
| Water resources | $1,124,000,000 | ▼$1,124,000,000 | |
| Public land and parks | $3,100,000,000 | $3,400,000,000 | ▲$300,000,000 |
| Aviation | $3,000,000,000 | $1,300,000,000 | ▼$1,700,000,000 |
| Environmental cleanup | $2,300,000,000 | $7,600,000,000 | ▲$5,300,000,000 |
| Border stations | $1,250,000,000 | $1,200,000,000 | ▼$50,000,000 |
| Railroads | $1,100,000,000 | $3,100,000,000 | ▲$2,000,000,000 |
| Veterans hospitals and cemeteries | $1,000,000,000 | $3,700,000,000 | ▲$2,700,000,000 |
| Federal government technology | $965,000,000 | ▼$965,000,000 | |
| Wildfire mitigation | $850,000,000 | ▼$850,000,000 | |
| Other | $1,650,000,000 | $990,000,000 | ▼$660,000,000 |
*Some provisions that aren’t listed in one bill may be part of another category.
Source: House Appropriations and Ways and Means committees, Senate Appropriations and Finance committees
Michael Grabell and Krista Kjellman/ProPublica
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