{"id":287908,"date":"2011-03-03T12:28:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T12:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/budget-battle-what-got-cut\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T12:28:39","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T12:28:39","slug":"budget-battle-what-got-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/budget-battle-what-got-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget battle: What got cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"103.875477239\"><span id=\"fb-recommend\"\/><br \/>\n<span>By Charles Riley, staff reporter<\/span><span>March 3, 2011: 7:25 AM ET<\/span><!--startclickprintexclude--><br clear=\"all\"\/><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (CNNMoney) &#8212; You can wave bye-bye to $4 billion in government spending.<\/p>\n<p>President Obama signed a budget cutting stop-gap spending bill Wednesday after it sailed through the Senate with ease, garnering 91 votes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<p>Senators were happy to <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/03\/02\/news\/economy\/government_shutdown\/index.htm\">vote for the bill<\/a> because it ensured the government will keep running for two more weeks, but also because the cuts in the measure are among the most obvious in the budget.<\/p>\n<p>The bill terminates eight government programs, for savings of $1.24 billion, while an additional $2.7 billion in earmarks are eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>On the chopping block were eight programs involving broadband access in rural communities, education, highway construction and the Smithsonian Institution.<\/p>\n<p>All eight had been identified by both parties as wasteful and unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>The overlap wasn&#8217;t <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/02\/16\/news\/economy\/budget_agreement\/index.htm\">an accident<\/a>. House Republicans identified the program terminations in Wednesday&#8217;s bill by combing their own budget plan and Obama&#8217;s 2012 budget proposal for spots where they agreed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bill that passed this morning focused on $4 billion of programs that we had &#8230; suggested and recommended. It was free of those mischievous riders that were ideological in nature,&#8221; said Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid.<\/p>\n<p>The programs that were cut fall into two umbrella categories: ineffective or duplicative.<\/p>\n<p>The bill eliminated $75 million in election assistance grants, which are funds allocated to help states upgrade voting machines and voter rolls. Since 2002, Washington has pumped $3 billion into the program, but states have only found ways to spend $2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>And that rural broadband program? The Agriculture Department&#8217;s inspector general uncovered &#8220;abuses and inconsistencies&#8221; as well as &#8220;a lack of focus on the rural communities it was intended to serve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The four education programs total $468 million, and are being eliminated for being outdated, ineffective or duplicative.<\/p>\n<p>The highway funds, $650 million in total, were originally budgeted as a one-time payment for 2010 but never cut.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining $2.7 billion in cuts cover almost 50 different earmark programs that will no longer be funded because House Republicans have instituted a new rule banning that type of spending.<\/p>\n<p>After the bill was approved by the Senate, Obama said both parties should start working on a budget solution for the rest of the fiscal year that follows the example set by the two-week extension.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This agreement should be bipartisan, it should be free of any party&#8217;s social or political agenda, and it should be reached without delay,&#8221; Obama said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s the route lawmakers take, they won&#8217;t have to look far for more savings. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office released <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/03\/01\/news\/economy\/gao_report_government_duplication\/index.htm\">a report<\/a> that identifies tens of billions of dollars in savings that can be achieved by streamlining a bloated federal bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>The GAO did not say exactly how much the inefficiencies cost taxpayers each year, but the report states that &#8220;savings and revenues could result in tens of billions of dollars in annual savings, depending on the extent of actions taken.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/03\/03\/news\/economy\/budget_cuts\/index.htm?section=money_topstories&#038;utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_topstories+%28Top+Stories%29#TOP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/money\/images\/bug.gif\" alt=\"To top of page\" border=\"0\" width=\"7\" height=\"7\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/CONTENT --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!--startclickprintexclude--><br \/>\n<!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>First Published: March 3, 2011: 7:21 AM ET<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/money_topstories\/~3\/kNIYpesL73A\/index.htm\" title=\"Budget battle: What got cut\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Budget battle: What got cut<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Charles Riley, staff reporter March 3, 2011: 7:25 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) &#8212; You can wave bye-bye to $4 billion in government spending. 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