Regan Kaczon blog

Highlights of House GOP spending cuts

Budget proposals released Wednesday by House Republicans:

• Program eliminations:

AmeriCorps — was $373 million in 2010

Police hiring grants — $298 million

High speed rail — $1 billion

Family planning — $317 million

Corporation for Public Broadcasting — $531 million

• Reductions:

Food aid to pregnant women and their children — $407 million cut, or 6 percent

NASA — $103 million, 1 percent

Environmental Protection Agency — $1.9 billion, 18 percent

IRS — $106 million, 1 percent

Legal aid for the poor — $60 million, 14 percent

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — $894 million, 13 percent

Food and Drug Administration — $61 million, 3 percent

Community Development Fund — $600 million, 13 percent

Agricultural research — $246 million, 10 percent

• Increases:

National Science Foundation — $362 million increase, 6 percent

FBI — $292 million, 4 percent

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — $470 million, 10 percent