Winners And Losers In Fiscal '96
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, April 26) -- An estimated $23 billion has
been saved over 1995 spending levels in the just-signed $160 billion
budget deal, which was slugged out in countless hours of negotiations
between Congressional Republicans, Democrats and White House officials.
"Everybody got something and everybody gave something," said Senate
Appropriations Committee Chairman Mark Hatfield, a mild-mannered
Republican Senator from Oregon.
Though the antagonists often accused one another of refusing to
compromise throughout the protracted struggle, in the end, that's
exactly what they did on many fronts. Here's where some of the cuts came
from:
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ITEM
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BUDGET
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NOTES
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Foreign Affairs
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International Peacekeeping
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$359 million
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cut $160 million
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Justice Department
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100,000 Police Officers
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$1.4 billion
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Most of what Clinton wanted, originally targetted for cuts
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Legal Services Corporation (provides lawyers to the poor)
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$278 million
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cut 1/3
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Education
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Education Department
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$7.2 billion
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Cut 2 percent, but
$1.2 billion more than House wanted. Surviving the ax were Title I
funds targetting schools with poor children, and Safe and Drug-Free
School Program. Funds were cut for vocational education, bilingual and
immigrant education. GOP retreated on attempts to cap Direct Student
Loan Program.
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Goals 2000 (Clinton's Education Program)
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$350 million
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cut $22 million, originally to be killed
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Pell Grants
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$4.8 billion
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cut 1/5
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Environment
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Environmental Protection Agency
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$6.5 billion
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$700 million les than '95, but $817 million more than previous GOP
proposals. Increased funding for Superfund , $500 million for drinking
water inspection. Al Gore's pet project Global Learning and Observation
to Benefit the Enviroment was killed.
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Interior
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Interior Department
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$6.04 billion
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cut $500 million. Slight increase in park operational funding. Ends
moratorium on listing endangered species. Tighter logging restrictions
than favored by GOP in Tongass National Forest in Alaska.
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Funds To Purchase New Park Land
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$38 million
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cut $87 million
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Fish and Wildlife Service
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$95 million
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cut 10 percent
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Health And Human Services
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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$305 million
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cut 2 percent, not 11 percent as House wanted
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Grants To States For Social Services
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$2.5 billion
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$419 million less
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Housing
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
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$19 billion
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cut $5.5 billion
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National Science Foundation Grants
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$100 million
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cut $150 million
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