Ed Morrissey
HotAir.com
4/12/2011
House Republicans have released a summary of the final budget bill this morning that outlines the details of the $39 billion in cuts in the agreement between John Boehner and Barack Obama. The summary breaks down the cuts (and in the case of Defense, increases) by Cabinet-level agency arranged in the traditional order of appropriations bills. Two efforts seem particularly noteworthy. First, Labor/HHS funding got cut 3.36% from last year’s levels, and two ObamaCare programs got entirely defunded:
The CR terminates funding for more than 55 programs, for a total savings of well over $1 billion. In addition, the bill terminates two programs funded in ObamaCare (the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) and the Free Choice Voucher programs)…
…The CR restores a long-standing provision against the use of federal and local funds for abortions in the District of Columbia. The bill also includes the reauthorization of the DC Opportunity Scholarships, along with a $2.3 million funding increase, to stop the termination of the program and allow new students to participate. The legislation also eliminates four Administration “Czars,” including the “Health Care Czar,” the “Climate Change Czar,” the “Car Czar,” and the “Urban Affairs Czar.”
This list includes three of the most offensive “czars” in the Romanov wing of the Obama administration. Obama has an HHS Secretary in Kathleen Sebelius, so he doesn’t need a “czar” on health care. Likewise, his Cabinet includes a Secretary of Energy (Stephen Chu) and Interior (Ken Salazar), so why does the administration need a “climate change czar”? The government shouldn’t even be in the car business, so the car czar has to go. And while the “Urban Affairs Czar” hasn’t gotten much press, shouldn’t Shaun Donovan’s role as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development cover, er, urban affairs?…
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