This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 10, 2006). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).
A fuller disclaimer is available.
What follows is a list originally posted on Yahoo and copied here because Yahoo tends to remove news articles two weeks or so after they’re posted. I also reformatted the list to make it easier to read.
These are the proposed cuts in Bush’s 2007 budget. A lot of things in here make me wince, but it’s the education sections that really make me mad. I want my 24.6 seconds back.
Programs Bush Wants to Cut or Kill
The 141 programs that President Bush proposed to eliminate or cut in his 2007 budget, with potential savings in millions:
TERMINATIONS
| AGRICULTURE |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| 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 |
| COMMERCE |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Advanced technology program |
$79 million |
| Emergency steel guarantee loan program |
$49 million |
| Telecommunications construction grants |
$22 million |
| Total |
$150 million |
| EDUCATION |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| 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 |
| ENERGY |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| University nuclear energy program |
$27 million |
| Oil and gas research and development |
$64 million |
| Geothermal technology program |
$23 million |
| Total |
$114 million |
| HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| 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 |
| HOMELAND SECURITY |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Office of grants and training |
$229 million |
| HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
|
| HOPE VI |
$198 million |
| INTERIOR |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| 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 |
| JUSTICE |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| 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 |
| LABOR |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| 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 |
| TRANSPORTATION |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| National defense tank vessel construction program |
$74 million |
| Railroad rehabilitation financing loan program |
$0 million
(no funds were enacted in 2006) |
| Total |
$74 million |
| ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Unrequested projects |
$277 million |
| OTHER AGENCIES |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| 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 |
MAJOR REDUCTIONS
| AGRICULTURE |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| 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 |
| COMMERCE |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Manufacturing extension partnership |
$59 million |
| Technology administration |
$5 million |
| Total |
$64 million |
| EDUCATION |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Perkins Loans Institutional Fund recall |
$664 million |
| Teaching American history |
$71 million |
| Physical education |
$47 million |
| Mentoring program |
$30 million |
| Total |
$811 million |
| ENERGY |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Environmental management |
$762 million |
| Weatherization assistance program |
$79 million |
| Clean Coal Power initiative |
$45 million |
| Total |
$886 million |
| HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Health Resources and Service Administration – Children’s Graduate Medical Education |
$198 million |
| 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 |
| HOMELAND SECURITY |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Office of grants and training |
$694 million |
| HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Public housing capital fund |
$261 million |
| INTERIOR |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| BIA school construction |
$50 million |
| Bureau of Reclamation reductions |
$127 million |
| USGS Mineral Resources program |
$22 million |
| Total |
$199 million |
| LABOR |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| State job training grants consolidation |
$514 million |
| International Labor Affairs Bureau |
$61 million |
| Office of Disability Employment Policy |
$8 million |
| Total |
$583 million |
| TRANSPORTATION |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Amtrak |
$394 million |
| Federal Aviation Administration, Airport improvement program |
$765 million |
| Total |
$1,159 million |
| TREASURY |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Internal Revenue Service business systems modernization |
$30 million |
| ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Alaska Native villages |
$19 million |
| Clean water state revolving fund |
$199 million |
| Total |
$218 million |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Assistance for Eastern European democracy |
$83 million |
| Assistance for the state of the former Soviet Union |
$68 million |
| Total |
$160 million |
| NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Aeronautics Mission Research Directorate |
$160 million |
| OTHER AGENCIES |
| Program |
Potential Savings |
| Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
$114 million |
| Denali Commission |
$47 million |
| National Archives and Records Administration |
$8 million |
| Total |
$169 million |