Posted on 02/12/2011 4:26:58 PM PST by tobyhill
House Republicans on Friday rolled out what they called historic cuts in federal spending after conservatives in the party’s new majority demanded that the leadership follow through on a pledge to carve $100 billion from the current year’s budget.
The spending bill, put forward by the Appropriations Committee for consideration on the floor next week, proposes slashing a wide portfolio of domestic programs and foreign aid. It blocks the spending of about $2 billion in unused economic stimulus money and seeks to prevent the Internal Revenue Service from enforcing the new health care law. The measure also cuts financing directly from the office of the president.
Republicans take aim at some of their favorite targets in the measure, reducing financing to the Environmental Protection Agency by $3 billion — an almost 30 percent cut from current levels. The measure would also block the agency from implementing new emissions regulations, and it would cut more than $100 million in spending on climate change programs.
Housing, energy and transportation spending is also trimmed substantially. Dozens of programs, including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, are eliminated.
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Please, please, please, make it so.
Ba Bye Big Bird!
How about cut EPA to $50.00 and eliminate NEA, Public Broadcasting, Cut Medicaid in half. Cut all programs 25% and force the Top chiefs to eliminate every other Bureaucrat from government.
Both my PBS channels are pleading between each program to everyone to call their CA Senator or Representative to try and head this off. There’s a strong hint of anxiety and potential dispare in their plea!!!
I’ll believe it when I see it, but in the mean time I’m getting ready for some emmy winning dhim sob stories about the poor npr and pbs types who have to go and find real jobs to pay for the 17 children or 42 dogs and cats they have to support.
” Dozens of programs, including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, are eliminated.”
....I know it sounds crazy, but this is the ONE that I want most....let the elites pay their own way.
Got a few dozen czars in that big ol’ White House that could use non-government paychecks.
Great start. To also defund the propoganda ministry and EPA. WooHoo!
NPR has got to go.
But, but, but what about Big Bird?
But, but, but what about Big Bird?
>>Please, please, please, make it so.<<
That would be great. They should also defund the NEA and eliminate the entire federal DOE (the feds have no business messing with education).
Good luck with those cuts making it past the Senate. They’re long overdue though and they should be bigger.
NPR should not have any thing to worry about. Last summer they were saying how little they get from the government.
Sesame Street is a big brand and can easily exist without public funding.
Big Bird we’re going to miss you. LOL.
> But, but, but what about Big Bird?
How many club sandwiches could you make out f a bird that big?
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