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GOP wants to cut funds for science, housing assistance, retirement benefits
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:10:21 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat org> Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 19:49:27 -0700 To: <dave () farber net> Subject: GOP wants to cut funds for science, housing assistance, retirement benefits Applying Brakes to Benefits Gets Wide G.O.P. Backing By ROBERT PEAR Published: January 9, 2005 ASHINGTON, Jan. 8 - In his budget request to Congress, President Bush will try to impose firm, enforceable limits on the growth of federal benefit programs, and the chairmen of the Senate and House Budget Committees say they strongly supported that effort. Administration officials and Congressional aides said Mr. Bush would also seek cuts in housing assistance for low-income families, freezes or slight increases in most domestic programs, and larger increases for domestic security. The spending plan for 2006, like the appropriations enacted for this year, would give priority to military operations and domestic security over social welfare programs. The new chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Judd Gregg, Republican of New Hampshire, said he and other fiscal conservatives wanted to establish "enforcement mechanisms" to "put the brakes on the growth of entitlements," which pay benefits to millions of Americans according to formulas set by law. "The White House also wants to address entitlement spending," Mr. Gregg said in an interview. Mr. Bush plans to submit his budget to Congress early next month. Officials at the affected agencies said he would propose a virtual freeze for the National Science Foundation and a very small increase for the National Institutes of Health.... Full text at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/politics/09budget1.html?pagewanted=all&pos ition= ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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