An Inclusive Litany

3/7/94

As has come to be custom for most legislation, the $11 billion California earthquake relief bill only earmarks $8.6 billion in disaster relief. The rest goes to such projects as $1.4 million for Maine potato farmers, $203 million for highway "demonstration projects," $1 million for senators to hire lawyers to defend themselves against civil rights suits, and $10 million to renovate New York's Penn Station.