by #BrianBurgess in #TheCapitolist:

"Line item 1463A, a $24 million grant, would have been channeled to Florida under the title 'Grants And Aids To Local Governments And Non-state Entities.' The money relied solely on funding from the federal Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act Funding and would have cost Florida nothing. The intended use for the funds was to upgrade rural wastewater motors and improve the efficiency pumping infrastructure in smaller counties across the state.

"An even bigger impact, though, rests in DeSantis’ veto of line item 1463B, a seemingly innocuous $5 million grant through the Federal Inflation Reduction Act, intended to set up required planning and accountability infrastructure for a larger tranche of federal cash aimed at improving energy efficiency across all 50 states. To qualify for the larger block of funds, states were expected to set up the accountability programs first. But the veto set off a chain reaction, killing off Florida’s efforts to meet the federal requirements, which in turn effectively disqualified Florida from receiving two larger federal block grants, each worth $173 million, or $346 million in all."

https://thecapitolist.com/five-million-dollar-desantis-veto-triggers-cancellation-of-346-million-in-federal-funding/

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