House Republicans unveil "serious" proposal to cut spending
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stewie (aka whysoserious)
Feb 12 '11, 08:24
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The Republican legislation calls for over 100 federal programs to be outright eliminated, including scholarships, family planning, school counseling, Teach for America, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AmeriCorps, and the COPS hiring program.
The Department of Agriculture�s budget would see a 22% reduction compared with current spending levels: $88 million in cuts for Food Safety and Inspection; a $747 million cut in nutrition programs for women and children; a $241 million cut at the FDA.
Rep. Norm Dicks, D-WA, issued a statement saying these cuts will result in �furloughing the federal inspectors in slaughter and processing plants� because they would have to shut down for six to nine weeks.
The Labor Health and Human Services Budget would also face a 22% spending decrease: $1.3 billion in cuts for job training grants; a $1.1 billion cut to the Head Start education program; and $305 million in community service block grants.
The Department of Interior�s Budget is slashed by 14%. The biggest cuts here are aimed at the EPA � $3 billion � on everything from research on global warming, to vehicle fuel standards certification � amounting to 30% of its budget.
The Transportation and Housing Budgets would lose 24% of overall funding: $2.5 billion cut to high speed rail; over $650 million at the FAA, and well over $1 billion for public housing.
The measure also cuts $122 million from the White House budget, and prohibits funding for the so-called Health Care Czar and Climate Change Czar.
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