House GOP Chairman outlines sweeping spending cuts

[humblebum]

Source: By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press

WASHINGTON – "House Republicans proposed ending more than 60 government programs and cutting hundreds of others Wednesday in a $35 billion down payment on their promise to rein in federal deficits.

Funding for AmeriCorps, family planning assistance and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be wiped out under the proposal, presented to the GOP rank-and-file at a closed door meeting.

As outlined by Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, cuts would range widely across the face of government, including aid to education, food safety and inspection services, and high-speed rail, which President Barack Obama wants to increase."



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_us/us_congress_spending

[katnapped]

1. GOP plan: "Defund and Liquidate America"

Good to know they're not disappointing on that promise.

[HereSince1628]

4. I used to shout at the now gov of Wisconsin--Save the POOL!!!

as he rode by in 4th of July parades.

He refused to fund repairs to a public swimming pool in Wauwatosa. I suspect it was because he saw it as a nuisance because it encouraged children of 'those people' to come into the snobby Milwaukee suburb that is where Walker lived.

[Botany]

2. they really hate the American people ....

... tax cuts for the richest 2% are no problem. So fucking worried about the debt they
will add 900 billion or trillion (:shrug:) to the nation's debt to keep their paymasters happy.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

3. Wow, they finally got around to doing something.

Golf courses must be closed due to weather.

[tabatha]

5. The great sell off of America to any bidder, foreign or domestic.

[katnapped]

7. You pretty much hit the nail on the head

And sadly it's not limited to just the "other side" that's doing it either.

[SpiralHawk]

9. Heh, heh." - Chickenhawk Republicons for Plundering America (R)

[humblebum]

6. This could very well be Obama's ace-in-the-hole for 2012. nt

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

8. is it time to take inspiration fron Eqypt, or maybe even the French revolution?

[katnapped]

12. Any reason not to combine the two?

Add in a third one for good measure

[rasputin1952]

10. In the OP it is noticeable that no military spending cuts are mentioned...

those $120 T-shirts are a gold mine for their war profiteering friends.

This will never pass...I'd be surprised if any of it passed.

The D tack should be..."this will create even more jobless workers, some Job Plan...assholes!!!!"

[FarLeftFist]

11. Sounds like America is about to suck BIGTIME! n/t

[cstanleytech]

13. The dems should counter this by

saying "ok but only if 500 billion is cut from the DoD budget as well".

[CBHagman]

14. Ideological, as Dana Milbank observed.

It's no surprise that they want to obliterate AmericaCorps, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and family planning services, and I could have predicted the cuts to law enforcement as well.

And the targeting of high-speed rail shows how far behind the curve they are. I really think some of these GOP types live in a complete fantasy land when it comes to how most of the country lives. The entire population of Harold Rogers' home state doesn't even equal that of a major metropolitan area.

[andym]

15. Yikes

Take a look at some of the hits:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014178687_spending10.html

"The list also includes deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, the federal home-heating-assistance program and federal block grants that aid cities facing budget woes. And it envisions slicing nearly $760 million from the White House request for the WIC nutrition program that provides support to pregnant women and their children."

....

"The GOP proposal, therefore, would require sharp and immediate reductions at many federal agencies. Some programs would be eliminated entirely, such as Obama's high-speed-rail initiative and the AmeriCorps volunteer program, one of President Clinton's signature creations.
The list takes direct aim at Obama's innovation agenda, slashing the budget of the Office of Science by 20 percent. Elite science labs in Tennessee, California and Illinois are bracing for furloughs and possibly layoffs"

"Other Republican targets include arts and cultural funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the Smithsonian Institution, the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. All of the entities are routinely included on GOP lists; federal subsidies for the CPB would be effectively eliminated under the House proposal, fulfilling a long-standing conservative pledge to cut federal ties with National Public Radio and public television."

"Money for minority business development, family planning and conservation programs also would be axed. Job-training funds would be reduced by $2 billion. Community health centers, which serve many low-income uninsured people, would lose $1 billion in funding. And more than $200 million would be trimmed from maternal and child health grants, which go to immunizations as well as assistance for blind and disabled children."

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My comments:
That's what the GOP thinks of big government, and that is the BIG difference between the Administration which believes that the federal government has value and the GOP which doesn't.

And get this, these cut aren't enough for the tea-party crowd they want these $40 billion in cuts, but $100 billion!
They want to gut the federal government completely, and the GOP leadership is responding! (see below)

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http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/09/2644777/house-gop-looks-for-deeper-budget.html
"WASHINGTON | House Republican leaders scrambled Wednesday night to find deeper cuts, officials said, hours after laying out a plan to save $35 billion by eliminating at least 60 federal programs and cutting back hundreds of others. GOP officials said one possibility was to add across-the-board cuts to supplement the targeted reductions spelled out earlier in the day."

[andym]

16. Looks like the 100 billion in cuts won! YIKES!

In another victory for tea party rebels in Congress today, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., scrapped his original plan for spending cuts and announced that he will seek to cut $100 billion from what President Obama had requested for this fiscal year.
“My committee has been working diligently to go line-by-line in every agency budget to find and cut unnecessary spending to reduce our deficit and help our economy thrive,” Rogers said in a statement. “We have determined that the can and will reach a total of $100 billion in cuts compared to the president’s request immediately—fully meeting the goal outlined in the Republican ‘Pledge to America’ in one fell swoop.”
Rogers didn't say what those cuts might be, a clear sign that House GOP leaders had been caught by surprise, which left appropriators scrambling to figure out how they would assuage their tea party critics on the right.
Late last night, GOP leaders added an additional $26 billion in nonsecurity cuts. So now there are $84 billion in non-discretionary cuts. There were previously $58 billion.
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The GOP is going FAR beyond cutting aid to the poor. They are interested in gutting the federal government.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/under-fire-from-right-house-gop-proposes-100-billion-in-cuts-20110210