Analysis of H.R. 1, House Continuing Budget Resolution
Who Will Benefit—The Public Interest Or The Special Interests?
It’s difficult to imagine how cuts to Pell Grants, food safety or clean drinking water come before subsidies to BP or advertising for fast food and underwear. And yet, that’s exactly what the House resolution has done. The attached compares a sample of spending cuts in the House budget resolution with recommendations from three reports produced by U.S. PIRG. The reductions detailed in any one of the reports amount to more than the reductions called for in the resolution passed by the House.
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It’s difficult to imagine how cuts to Pell Grants, food safety or clean drinking water come before subsidies to BP or advertising for fast food and underwear. And yet, that’s exactly what the House resolution has done.
The attached compares a sample of spending cuts in the House budget resolution with recommendations from three reports produced by U.S. PIRG. The reductions detailed in any one of the reports amount to more than the reductions called for in the resolution passed by the House.
