“The Agriculture Department gave an Oklahoma winery $200,000 to purchase new equipment. An Alaska Brewery collected $450,000 to add a new boiler. Agriculture also gave $100,000 to a North Carolina vodka producer. Congress devoted $350,000 to the Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park which the National Park Service said should not be a federal park. Health and Human Services spent nearly $200,000 on a Hollywood party. The Post Office paid futurist Faith Popcorn to imagine its future. The Institute of Museum and Library Services gave a New York museum $150,000 to create an exhibit on play. A Colorado museum received more than $40,000 for its toy collection.”
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