{"id":378766,"date":"2011-04-12T23:13:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T23:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/12\/countdown-on-for-budget-cuts\/"},"modified":"2011-04-12T23:13:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T23:13:29","slug":"countdown-on-for-budget-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/12\/countdown-on-for-budget-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown on for budget cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"101.0024600246\">    <!-- KEEP --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/242e9e92uilding.top_.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"capitol_building.top.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"324\" border=\"0\" class=\"cnnstoryImageFull\" \/><span id=\"fb-recommend\"\/><br \/>\n<span>By Charles Riley, staff reporter<\/span><span>April 12, 2011: 7:11 PM ET<\/span><!--startclickprintexclude--><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (CNNMoney) &#8212; The long march toward a budget for the current fiscal year is finally over. The deal has been stuck. Everyone can pack up and head over the hill for the next fiscal fight.<\/p>\n<p>Not so fast.<\/p>\n<p>Early Tuesday morning &#8212; in the dead of night &#8212; the House Appropriations Committee <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/04\/12\/news\/economy\/2011_budget_cuts\/index.htm\">released the bill<\/a>, along with details on which programs were on the chopping block.<\/p>\n<p>The measure must pass both houses of Congress and be signed by Friday midnight. <\/p>\n<p>But some things remain up in the air.<b> <\/b>Part of the reason: Lawmakers who were not directly involved in negotiations are just now seeing the specifics. Reactions have been &#8230; mixed.<\/p>\n<p>A key conservative leader in the House, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, said he will <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/04\/12\/top-conservative-says-no-to-budget-deal\/\">vote against the bill<\/a>. The reason? Not enough cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Some lawmakers haven&#8217;t made up their minds, including the No. 2 Democrat in the House.<\/p>\n<p>House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer told reporters he was still <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/04\/12\/number-two-house-democrat-undecided-on-his-budget-deal-vote\/\">reviewing the legislation<\/a> with his staff, and hadn&#8217;t decided how he would vote. And that&#8217;s the guy in charge of figuring out how many Democrats will vote for the bill.<\/p>\n<p>There are reasons for this. The legislation is an awful lot to take in. The bill runs 459 pages. Continuing resolutions are usually much shorter. (<a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/news\/economy\/storysupplement\/finalprogramcuts.pdf\">See all the cuts<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is just so much stuff to understand, and good, basic information is so important and just not available,&#8221; said Craig Jennings, the director of federal fiscal policy at OMB Watch, a group that monitors federal spending.<\/p>\n<p>The information that is available is bound to confuse. <\/p>\n<p>Republican talking points have touted that the bill strips funding for four administration &#8220;czars&#8221; including those who work on urban affairs, climate change, health care and autos.<\/p>\n<p>But nobody even holds those jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, there was confusion on Capitol Hill about some of the cuts. A summary released by the House Appropriations Committee in the wee hours of the morning said that $1 billion would be cut from programs that help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. <\/p>\n<p>In fact, staffers confirm to CNN that was in error and that there would be no reduction directed specifically to those programs. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s so hard to get good simple information on what is getting cut and what&#8217;s not,&#8221; Jennings said. &#8220;It&#8217;s hindering the process.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>In the recent past, when Republicans pushed through $12 billion in <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/04\/08\/news\/economy\/2011_budget\/index.htm\">spending reductions<\/a>, the savings came exclusively from non-security discretionary spending. <\/p>\n<p>This time, cuts are spread across discretionary and mandatory budget accounts and rescind unspent money or eliminate rainy-day funds. That leaves the true economic impact hard to gauge.<\/p>\n<p>With past budget proposals, outside economists have weighed in with broad estimates of economic impact. No such reports have emerged as of yet.<\/p>\n<p>With the House expected to vote on Thursday, and the Senate on Friday, those finer points might not be available until after the bill becomes law.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8211;CNN&#8217;s Lisa Desjardins, Alan Silverleib and Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report.<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/04\/12\/news\/economy\/budget_countdown\/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><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/242e9e92uilding.top_.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/money_topstories\/~3\/mZAFF-tMjCE\/index.htm\" title=\"Countdown on for budget cuts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Countdown on for budget cuts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Charles Riley, staff reporter April 12, 2011: 7:11 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) &#8212; The long march toward a budget for the current fiscal year is finally over. 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