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Read The Memo
UPDATED 6.01.04: Read the State by State Report: http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/r...2004_0601.html
BUSH?S SECRET PLAN
What Else Is He Hiding From Us?
When the White House first released the President?s new budget in February 2004, an internal Office of Management and Budget document surfaced showing anticipated cuts to most federal agencies and programs beginning in fiscal year 2006. At the time the White House dismissed the cuts, stating they did not accurately reflect Administration policy. But a May 19, 2004 White House memo obtained by the Washington Post states that federal agencies should use the proposed cuts in calculating their future budgets. Under the Bush formula, after the election many vital areas of federal spending that Bush has promoted including homeland security, education, homeownership and scientific research would face substantial reductions.
<font color="red">Homeland Security</font>Would Be Cut by $1 Billion Starting in Fiscal Year 2006. Under the May 19, 2004 White House Office of Management and Budget memo guidelines, homeland security funding would slip by $1 billion in FY 2006 to $29.6 billion. [Washington Post, 5/27/04]
<font color="red">Education Funding</font> Would Be Cut by $1.5 Billion. Under the May 19, 2004 White House Office of Management and Budget memo guidelines, the $1.7 billion discretionary funding increase that Bush is proposing in this year?s budget would be nearly wiped out by a $1.5 billion cut in FY 2006. In February, Education Secretary Paige told House members that ?OMB has advised us that the numbers beyond 2005 do not reflect detailed policy decisions by the administration.? But the May 19 memo reverses that position. [Washington Post, 5/27/04]
<font color="red">Veterans Affairs</font>Would Be Cut by $910 Million. Under the May 19, 2004 White House Office of Management and Budget memo guidelines, the Veteran?s Affairs would receive a $910 million cut in the first budget after the election ? a reduction below FY 2004 levels. [Washington Post, 5/27/04]
[b]<font color="red">Homeownership Program</font>/b] Would be Cut by $53 Million. Under the May 19, 2004 White House Office of Management and Budget memo guidelines, homeownership programs that Bush has promoted as vital to our society would be but by $53 million in FY 2006. [Washington Post, 5/27/04]
<font color="red">National Institutes of Health</font> Would be Cut by $600 Million. Under the May 19, 2004 White House Office of Management and Budget memo guidelines, the National Institutes of Health would face a $600 million, 2.1 percent cut in FY 2006.[Washington Post, 5/27/04]
<font color="red">WIC Nutrition Program</font>Would be Cut by $122 Million. Under the May 19, 2004 White House Office of Management and Budget memo guidelines, the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program would be cut by $122 million in FY 2006. [Washington Post, 5/27/04]
<font color="red">Head Start</font> Would be Cut by $177 Million. Under the May 19, 2004 White House Office of Management and Budget memo guidelines, Head Start would lose $177 million (2.7 percent) of its budget in FY 2006. [Washington Post, 5/27/04]
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Rumsfeld to restrict senators' access to documents in Boeing deal
By Joseph L. Galloway
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has sharply limited the information he is willing to let Congress see on a controversial defense contract that is the focus of multiple investigations.
Rumsfeld took a hard line even with fellow Republicans who want information from him about a proposed $23 billion deal for the Air Force to buy and lease 100 Boeing 767 aerial refueling tankers. Rumsfeld's refusal to give senators all the materials they requested could provoke a rare congressional subpoena..............
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8832590.htm
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Molly Ivins says, "Watch what he does.....not what he says." I don't think he'll get that chance.
