Followed by cops and firefighters. You can screw science, as well. But rest easy, defense spending will increase under the latest stimulus plan changes.
Total Reductions: $80 billion
Eliminations:
Head Start, Education for the Disadvantaged, School improvement, Child Nutrition, Firefighters, Transportation Security Administration, Coast Guard, Prisons, COPS Hiring, Violence Against Women, NASA, NSF, Western Area Power Administration, CDC, Food Stamps
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Reductions:
Public Transit $3.4 billion, School Construction $60 billion
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Increases:
Defense operations and procurement, STAG Grants, Brownfields, Additional transportation funding
Oh, the upcoming headlines are going to be brutal, mainly because they will write themselves. My conclusion: There is no such thing as a moderate in Washington.