Posted on 02/09/2006 8:29:49 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
Programs Bush Wants to Cut or Kill By The Associated Press Thu Feb 9, 8:21 PM ET
The 141 programs that President Bush proposed to eliminate or cut in his 2007 budget, with potential savings in millions:
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AGRICULTURE
Microbiological data program, $6 million.
Community Connect broadband grants, $9 million.
Commodity supplemental food program, $107 million.
Research and extension grant earmarks, $196 million.
Ocean freight differential grants, $77 million.
Forest service economic action program, $10 million.
High cost energy grants, $26 million.
Public broadcast grants, $5 million.
Watershed protection and flood prevention operations, $75 million.
Total $511 million
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COMMERCE
Advanced technology program, $79 million.
Emergency steel guarantee loan program $49 million
Telecommunications construction grants $22 million
Total $150 million
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EDUCATION
Educational technology state grants, $272 million
Even Start, $99 million
High school programs terminations:
Vocational education state grants, $1,182 million
Vocational education national programs, $9 million
Upward Bound, $311 million
GEAR UP, $303 million
Talent search, $145 million
Tech prep state grants, $105 million
Smaller learning communities, $94 million
Safe and Drug-Free Schools state grants, $347 million
Elementary and secondary education program terminations:
Parental information and resource centers, $40 million
Arts in education, $35 million
Elementary and secondary school counseling, $35 million
Alcohol abuse reduction, $32 million
Civic education, $29 million
National Writing Project, $22 million
Star Schools, $15 million
School leadership,$15 million
Ready to Teach, $11 million
Javits gifted and talented education, $10 million
Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading Partners, $9 million
Comprehensive school reform, $8 million
Dropout prevention program, $5 million
Mental Health integration in schools, $5 million
Women's Educational Equity, $3 million
Academies for American History and Civics, $2 million
Close-Up fellowships, $1 million
Foundations for Learning, $1 million
Excellence in Economic Education, $1 million
Higher Education Programs:
Education demos for students with disabilities, $7 million
Underground Railroad Program, $2 million
State grants for incarcerated youth offenders, $23 million
Postsecondary Student Financial Assistance Programs:
Perkins Loan cancellations, $65 million
Leveraging educational assistance programs, $65 million
Byrd Scholarships, $41 million
Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational opportunity, $3 million
B.J. Stupak Olympic scholarships, $1 million
_Vocational rehabilitation programs:
Supported employment, $30 million
Projects with industry, $20 million
Recreational programs, $3 million
Migrant and seasonal farmworkers,$2 million
Teacher Quality Enhancement, $60 million
Total $3,468 million
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ENERGY
University nuclear energy program, $27 million
Oil and gas research and development, $64 million
Geothermal technology program, $23 million
Total $114 million
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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control preventive block grant, $99 million
Real Choice System Change grants, $25 million
Community services block grant, $630 million
Community economic development, $27 million
Rural community facilities, $7 million
Job opportunities for low-income individuals, $6 million
Maternal and child health small categorical grants, $39 million
Urban Indian Health Program, $33 million
Total $866 million
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HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of grants and training, $229 million
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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
HOPE VI, $198 million
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INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs Johnson-O'Malley assistance grants, $16 million
Land and water conservation fund state recreation grants, $28 million
National Park Service statutory aid, $7 million
Rural fire assistance, $10 million
Total $61 million
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JUSTICE
Byrne discretionary grants, $189 million
Byrne justice assistance grants, $327 million
Community Oriented Policing Services technology grants, $128 million
Juvenile accountability block grants, $49 million
National Drug Intelligence Center, $23 million
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, $400 million
Total $1,116 million
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LABOR
America's Job Bank, $15 million
Denali Commission job training earmark, $7 million
Migrant and seasonal farmworkers training program, $79 million
Reintegration of youthful offenders, $49 million
Susan Harwood training grants, $10 million
Work incentive grants, $20 million
Total $180 million
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TRANSPORTATION
National defense tank vessel construction program, $74 million
Railroad rehabilitation financing loan program, $0 million (no funds were enacted in 2006)
Total $74 million
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Unrequested projects, $277 million
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OTHER AGENCIES
National Civilian Community Corps, $22 million
President's Freedom scholarships, $4 million
National Veterans Business Development Corporation, $1 million
Small Business Administration microloan program, $14 million
Postal Service forgone revenue appropriation, $29 million
Total $70 million
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MAJOR REDUCTIONS:
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AGRICULTURE
Conservation operations, $77 million
Resource conservation and development program, $25 million
State and private forestry, $100 million
In-house research, $123 million
Environmental quality incentives program, $270 million
Market access program, $100 million
Rural Economic development grants, $89 million
Watershed rehabilitation program, $ 65 million
Farmland protection program, $47 million
Value-added marketing grants, $40 million
Wildlife habitat incentives program, $30 million
Agricultural management assistance, $14 million
Broadband, $10 million
Ground and surface water conservation, $9 million
Renewable energy program, $3 million
Biomass research and development, $2 million
Total $1004 million
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COMMERCE
Manufacturing extension partnership, $59 million
Technology administration, $5 million
Total $64 million
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EDUCATION
Perkins Loans Institutional Fund recall, $664 million
Teaching American history, $71 million
Physical education, $47 million
Mentoring program, $30 million
Total 811 million
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ENERGY
Environmental management, $762 million
Weatherization assistance program, $79 million
Clean Coal Power initiative, $45 million
Total $886 million
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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Service Administration- Children's Graduate Medical Education, $198
HRSA Health professions, $136 million
HRSA Poison control centers, $10 million
HRSA Rural health, $133 million
Social Services block grant, $500 million
Substance abuse and mental health programs, $71 million
Total $1,048 million
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HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of grants and training, $694 million
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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Public housing capital fund, $261 million
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INTERIOR
BIA school construction, $50 million
Bureau of Reclamation reductions, $127 million
USGS Mineral Resources program, $22 million
Total $199 million
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LABOR
State job training grants consolidation, $514 million
International Labor Affairs Bureau, $61 million
Office of Disability Employment Policy, $8 million
Total $583 million
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TRANSPORTATION
Amtrak, $394 million
Federal Aviation Administration, Airport improvement program, $765 million
Total $1,159 million
TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service business systems modernization, $30 million
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Alaska Native villages, $19 million
Clean water state revolving fund, $199 million
Total $218 million
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INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Assistance for Eastern European democracy, $83 million
Assistance for the state of the former Soviet Union, $68 million
Total $160 million
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Aeronautics Mission Research Directorate, $160 million
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OTHER AGENCIES
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, $114 million
Denali Commission, $47 million
National Archives and Records Administration, $8 million
Total $169 million
Pretty much left the vet's alone. My kids are indian so I am not too happy about their health bennies being cut but over all, I have no problems with these cuts.
I hope his list gets longer.
Washington is a much more dangerous foe to us citizens.
My God. It's no wonder we keep running out of money.
People need to get off their asses and make their own money. There's -no reason- the government should be doling out this much cash. No reason at all, whatsoever.
Sad thing is, I know there's a list somewhere of 10,000 similarly named stupid expenditures that should be cut but can't be because of a bunch of bleeding hearts in the Senate trying to buy votes with OUR TAXES.
Is it any flippin' wonder there is an army of lobbyists in Washington?
Everyone will line up to say how their program is less than 1% of the the federal budget, as if that's a reason for them to continue feeding at the public trough.
The list needs to be at least 10 times longer. It's a start, though.
First they claim he spends too much then they cry when he cuts it. I guess they all think he can cut someone elses funds , but theirs are too important.
The man cant win, If he turned the water into wine , they would call him a bootlegger.
Sorry, but when you actually run the numbers, the reality is a lot worse than that. It may look like a lot of cash, but it's ONLY total $14.7 billion being cut. That's only cutting 0.52% out of the total Federal budget of $2.8 TRILLION.
The Socialists will scream like stuck pigs about "massive" budget cuts, but in the overall scheme of things, we're talking peanuts.
LOL!
According to my Casio, it's billions (11.967 to be exact), not millions.
Excessive spending VS unending terrorism? Hey, at least I can vote folks out of Washington.
No no, I completely understand the difference between what we're seeing and what we should be getting.
It's a tad late for me to dig into it at the moment, but I'd be curious to see a general list of where all that 2.8 trillion goes.
That isn't jack sh*t when our President has submitted a budget for 2800 Billion.
DO THEY THINK WE ARE IDIOTS.
WE ARE SCREWED.
Oh how I wish Social Security were on that list.
I could be getting an extra couple hundred bucks a month in my paycheck if that program were axed.
Cut , Cut and Cut some more. I live in a town of about 7,000 and guess what? At the hospital physicians staff metting last week be were blessed with 75,000 grant from the Feds to buy telecommunication equiptment. One unit. Yep this was for biochemical something or another. An guess what 12 other small rural hospitals in surrounding areas got the same thing. This is not going to be used in anyway to protect the Homeland under the Homeland Security Program. It was just grant money. Might as well be a pig too. I doubt it will be used much at all except maybe for some CME credits for nurses to watch Medical Conferences from Little Rock. Your tax dollars being spent wisely. I just groaned and everyone looked at me like What is the matter with you?. I wanted to scream but thought that would be inappropriate.
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Brian Riedl of the Heritage Foundation informs me that federal spending on antipoverty programs actually increased 39 percent between 2001 and 2005, and that antipoverty spending has reached a record proportion of the budget (16 percent). It has grown faster under Bush (8.6 percent a year) than it did under Clinton (5.6 percent). The number of people receiving food stamps has grown by 8 million, and the number covered by Medicaid by 10 million.
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By [Riedl's] calculation, only 16 percent of the savings might affect the poor. The legislation gets $4.7 billion out of Medicaid, slowing its growth over the next five years from 41 percent to 40 percent.
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