Object
Susan B. Anthony House Restoration Funding Line ($550,000)
A single printed appropriation line inside the Appropriations packet: the entry names the Susan B. Anthony House (New York State) and lists a bold, right‑aligned dollar figure — $550,000 — alongside terse budget language. The line sits on stapled pages of budget documentation, the type small but the dollar amount visually arresting; aides lean over the packet, point at the entry, and exchange quick, charged remarks when the line is spoken aloud. The physical object functions as a concrete, portable emblem of localized funding decisions and invites both practical tallying and pointed political argument.
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Purpose
To allocate $550,000 in federal appropriations for restoration or preservation work at the Susan B. Anthony House in New York State.
Significance
Serves as a tangible example of earmarked 'pork' and a bargaining sweetener within legislative strategy: it carries cultural heritage weight (historic preservation of a suffrage icon) while operating rhetorically to placate or persuade swing voters. The line sharpens debates about entitlement, symbolism, and political exchange and influences vote‑whipping tactics.
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