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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know that some of these are really out of whack.
I mean Magic Johnson got money from one of the AG programs for not growing
something! I bet there is a lot of argument but I do hope they manage to
eliminate some of them. Some of these programs are doing no good but some could
be fixed and be useful I am hearing. It won't hurt us to drop some of them I
bet.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=msolomon@moscow.com href="mailto:msolomon@moscow.com">Mark
Solomon</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 11, 2005 5:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Bush budget
cuts</DIV>
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<DIV>For years the Republican program has been to increase defense spending
and corporate handouts while cutting taxes to better portray federal
spending as out of hand. They're finally getting there wish with Bush's budget
proposal to eliminate or sharply reduce the programs listed below. Many
of them will have a direct effect on our lives here in Moscow, Idaho. I ask
every Vision2020 reader to review the list and see how you will personally be
effected, then call and write your Congressmen and Senators.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Mark Solomon</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-2><BR><BR></FONT><TT><FONT
color=#000000 size=+3><B>Budget Programs Facing Cuts,
Elimination<BR></B></FONT><FONT color=#000000><B>By THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS<BR></B><FONT size=+1> <BR></FONT></FONT></TT><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000>Published: February 11, 2005<BR><BR></FONT><TT><FONT
color=#000000 size=+1> <BR><BR><B>Filed at 7:30 p.m. ET<BR><BR></B>Here
are the 154 programs that President Bush wants to eliminate or cut in his 2006
budget proposal. Bush would terminate 99 programs and make major spending
reductions in 55. Separately, the administration listed eight major reforms
Bush proposed that also would produce spending cuts.</FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT
color=#000000 size=+1></FONT></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><FONT color=#000000 size=+1>Of the terminations, Bush has recommended
59 of them before. Twenty-seven of the 55 programs targeted for spending
reductions have been previously submitted to
Congress.</FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT color=#000000 size=+1></FONT></TT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=+1><B><BR></B></FONT><TT><FONT
color=#000000 size=+1><B>^TERMINATED:<BR><BR>--Agriculture
Department<BR><BR>AMS Biotechnology Program<BR><BR>Forest Service Economic
Action Program<BR><BR>High Cost Energy Grants<BR><BR>NRCS Watershed and Flood
Prevention Operations<BR><BR>Research and Extension Grant Earmarks and Low
Priority Programs<BR><BR>--Commerce Department<BR><BR>Advanced Technology
Program<BR><BR>Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Program<BR><BR>Public
Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and Construction
Program<BR><BR>--Education Department<BR><BR>Comprehensive School
Reform<BR><BR>Educational Technology State Grants<BR><BR>Even
Start<BR><BR>(High School Program Terminations:)<BR><BR>Vocational Education
State Grants<BR><BR>Vocational Education National Activities<BR><BR>Tech Prep
State Grants<BR><BR>Upward Bound<BR><BR>Talent Search<BR><BR>GEAR
UP<BR><BR>Smaller Learning Communities<BR><BR>Perkins Loans: Capital
Contributions and Loan Cancellations<BR><BR>Regional Education
Laboratories<BR><BR>Safe and Drug Free Schools State Grants<BR><BR>(Small
Elementary and Secondary Education Programs:)<BR><BR>Javits Gifted and
Talented Education<BR><BR>National Writing Project<BR><BR>School
Leadership<BR><BR>Dropout Prevention Program<BR><BR>Close Up
Fellowships<BR><BR>Ready to Teach<BR><BR>Parental Information and Resource
Centers<BR><BR>Alcohol Abuse Reduction<BR><BR>Foundations for
Learning<BR><BR>Mental Health Integration in Schools<BR><BR>Community
Technology Centers<BR><BR>Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading
Partners<BR><BR>Foreign Language Assistance<BR><BR>Excellence in Economic
Education<BR><BR>Arts in Education<BR><BR>Women's Educational
Equity<BR><BR>Elementary and Secondary School Counseling<BR><BR>Civic
Education<BR><BR>Star Schools<BR><BR>(Smaller Higher Education
Programs:)<BR><BR>Higher Education Demos for Students
w/Disabilities<BR><BR>Underground Railroad Program<BR><BR>Interest Subsidy
Grants<BR><BR>(Small Job Training and Adult Education
Programs:)<BR><BR>Occupational and Employment Information<BR><BR>Tech-prep
Demonstration<BR><BR>Literacy Programs for Prisoners<BR><BR>State Grants for
Incarcerated Youth<BR><BR>(Small Postsecondary Student Financial Assistance
Programs:)<BR><BR>LEAP<BR><BR>Byrd Scholarships<BR><BR>B.J. Stupak Olympic
Scholarships<BR><BR>Thurgood Marshall Legal Opportunity<BR><BR>(Small
Vocational Rehabilitation Programs:)<BR><BR>Vocational Rehabilitation
Recreational Programs<BR><BR>Vocational Rehab (VR) Migrant and Seasonal
Workers<BR><BR>Projects with Industry<BR><BR>Supported
Employment<BR><BR>Teacher Quality Enhancement Program<BR><BR>--Energy
Department<BR><BR>Hydropower Program<BR><BR>Nuclear Energy Plant
Optimization<BR><BR>Nuclear Energy Research Initiative<BR><BR>Oil and Gas
Programs<BR><BR>--Health and Human Services Department<BR><BR>ACF Community
Service Programs<BR><BR>ACF Early Learning Opportunities Fund<BR><BR>CDC
Congressional Earmarks<BR><BR>CDC Preventive Health and Health Services Block
Grant<BR><BR>CDC Youth Media Campaign<BR><BR>Direct Service Worker Delivery
Grants<BR><BR>HRSA Emergency Medical Services for Children<BR><BR>HRSA Health
Facilities Construction Congressional Earmarks<BR><BR>HRSA Healthy Community
Access Program<BR><BR>HRSA State Planning Grant Program<BR><BR>HRSA Trauma
Care<BR><BR>HRSA Traumatic Brain Injury<BR><BR>HRSA Universal Newborn Hearing
Screening<BR><BR>Real Choice Systems Change Grants<BR><BR>--Housing and Urban
Development Department</B></FONT></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><FONT color=#000000 size=+1><B><BR>HOPE VI<BR><BR>--Interior
Department<BR><BR>BLM Jobs-in-the-Woods Program<BR><BR>LWCF State Recreation
Grants (NPS)<BR><BR>National Park Service Statutory Aid<BR><BR>Rural Fire
Assistance (BLM, NPS, FWS, BIA)<BR><BR>--Justice Department<BR><BR>Byrne
Discretionary Grants<BR><BR>Byrne Justice Assistance Grants<BR><BR>COPS Hiring
Grants<BR><BR>COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Grants<BR><BR>COPS
Law Enforcement Technology Grants<BR><BR>Juvenile Accountability Block
Grants<BR><BR>National Drug Intelligence Center<BR><BR>Other State/Local Law
Enforcement Assistance Program Terminations<BR><BR>State Criminal Alien
Assistance Program (SCAAP)<BR><BR>--Labor Department<BR><BR>Migrant and
Seasonal Farm Worker Training Program<BR><BR>Reintegration of Youthful
Offenders<BR><BR>--Transportation Department<BR><BR>National Defense Tank
Vessel Construction Program<BR><BR>Railroad Rehabilitation Infrastructure
Financing Loan Program<BR><BR>--Enviromental Protection
Agency<BR><BR>Unrequested Projects<BR><BR>Water Quality Cooperative
Agreements<BR><BR>--National Aeronautics and Space
Administration<BR><BR>Hubble Space Telescope Robotic Servicing
Mission<BR><BR>--Other Agencies<BR><BR>National Veterans Business Development
Corporation<BR><BR>Postal Service: Revenue Forgone Appropriation<BR><BR>SBA:
Microloan Program<BR><BR>SBA: Small Business Investment Company (SBIC)
Participating Securities Program<BR><BR>^MAJOR
REDUCTIONS:<BR><BR>--Agriculture Department<BR><BR>Federal (In-House)
Research<BR><BR>Forest Service Capital Improve and Maintenance<BR><BR>Forest
Service Wildland Fire Management (incl. supp. and emergency
funding)<BR><BR>Biomass Research and Development<BR><BR>Broadband<BR><BR>CCC -
Bioenergy<BR><BR>CCC - Market Access Program<BR><BR>Farm Bill Programs
(EQIP<BR><BR>Farm Bill Programs (CSP)<BR><BR>Farm Bill Programs
(WHIP)<BR><BR>Farm Bill Program (Farm and Ranchland Protection)<BR><BR>Farm
Bill Programs (Ag. Management Assistance)<BR><BR>IFAS<BR><BR>Renewable
Energy<BR><BR>Rural Firefighter Grants<BR><BR>Rural Strategic Investment
Program<BR><BR>Rural Business Investment Program<BR><BR>Value-added
Grants<BR><BR>Watershed Rehabilitation<BR><BR>NRCS Conservation
Operations<BR><BR>NRCS Resource Conservation and Development
Program<BR><BR>Water and Wastewater Grants and Loans<BR><BR>--Commerce
Department<BR><BR>Manufacturing Extension Partnership<BR><BR>--Education
Department<BR><BR>Adult Education State Grants<BR><BR>State Grants for
Innovation<BR><BR>--Energy Department<BR><BR>Environmental
Management<BR><BR>--Health and Human Services Department<BR><BR>HRSA
Children's Hospitals GME Payment Program<BR><BR>HRSA Health
Professions<BR><BR>HRSA Rural Health<BR><BR>SAMHSA Programs of Regional and
National Significance<BR><BR>State, Local & Hospital Bioterrorism
Preparedness Grants<BR><BR>--Housing and Urban Development
Department<BR><BR>Housing for Persons with Disabilities<BR><BR>Native American
Housing Block Grant<BR><BR>Public Housing Capital Fund<BR><BR>-Interior
Department<BR><BR>Bureau of Indian Affairs School Construction<BR><BR>National
Heritage Area Grants<BR><BR>Payments in Lieu of Taxes<BR><BR>USGS, Mineral
Resources Program<BR><BR>--Justice Department<BR><BR>Federal Bureau of Prisons
Construction Program<BR><BR>High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
Program<BR><BR>Juvenile Justice Law Enforcement Assistance
Programs<BR><BR>--Labor Department<BR><BR>International Labor Affairs
Bureau<BR><BR>Office of Disability Employment Policy<BR><BR>Workforce
Investment Act Pilots and Demonstrations<BR><BR>--State
Department<BR><BR>Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union<BR><BR>--Transportation Department<BR><BR>FAA - Facilities and
Equipment<BR><BR>FAA - Airport Improvement Program (Oblim)<BR><BR>FRA - Next
Generation High Speed Rail<BR><BR>--Treasury Department<BR><BR>Internal
Revenue Service - Taxpayer Service<BR><BR>--Environmental Protection
Agency<BR><BR>Alaska Native Villages<BR><BR>Clean Water State Revolving
Fund<BR><BR>-National Aeronautics and Space Administration<BR><BR>Aeronautics:
Vehicle Systems Program<BR><BR>Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter<BR><BR>--Other
Agencies<BR><BR>Archives: National Historical Publications & Records
Commission<BR><BR>U.S. Institute of Peace, Construction of New
Building<BR><BR>^MAJOR REFORMS<BR><BR>Agriculture: Rural Telephone Bank
Commerce: Economic and Community Development Programs<BR><BR>Homeland
Security: State and Local Homeland Security Grants<BR><BR>Homeland Security:
Transportation Security Administration, Recover Aviation Security Screening
Costs Through Fees<BR><BR>Labor: Job Training Reform, Consolidate Grants
Program<BR><BR>Transportation: Amtrak<BR><BR>Army Corps of Engineers (Civil
Works): Performance Guidelines for Funding Construction
Projects</B></FONT></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><FONT color=#000000 size=+1><B><BR></B></FONT></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><FONT color=#000000 size=+1><B>U.S. Agency for International
Development and Department of Agriculture: International Food
Aid<BR></B></FONT></TT></DIV>
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size=+1><B> </B></FONT></TT></DIV>
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