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Among others, the new, umpty billion save-us-all-from-the-Depression bill also includes the following:

• Temporary Increase In Coal Excise Tax: Funding of Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
• Tax Credit for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
• New Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicles
• Exclusion From Heavy Truck Tax for Idling Reduction Units and Advanced Insulation
• Transportation Fringe Benefit to Bicycle Commuters
• Extension of the Economic Development Credit for American Samoa
• Extension of Mine Rescue Team Training Credit
• Seven Year Cost Recovery Period For Motorsports Racing Track Facility
• Tax Incentives for Investment in the District of Columbia
• Permanent Authority for Undercover Operations

Proving that whatever happens to the country, in Congress, any day is a pork day. Oink.

Via Dealbreaker.

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