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allocated analysis backlog basic billion Block Grant Program BLS Bulletin capacity capital investment Categorical Grants CDBG cities civil works projects Committee Congress costs counter-cyclical created decade delays Department of Commerce economic cycle Economic Development Administration economic renewal employment equipment Executive Branch existing Fabricated metal federal agencies federal government federal public financing fiscal functions Highway Intergovernmental Labor and Material legislative levels of government maintenance major Management and Budget Massachusetts Material Requirements ment national capital budget national public needs nomic Office of Management operation PAT CHOATE percent permit planning pork barrel private firms private sector procedures public facilities public sector public works activities public works expenditures public works funds public works investments public works policy public works programs public works projects reduce reforms regional regulatory rehabilitation responsibilities Source specific SUSAN WALTER Table tion U.S. Department United States Senate Urban Washington water treatment