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Highlights from 2011 Spending Bill and 2012 Budget
Washington,
Apr 15, 2011 -
Below and to the right you can find a summary of the 2011 Spending Bill and the 2012 Budget Bill.
2011 Spending:
- Net spending reduction of $39.8 billion in discretionary spending from 2010 levels. $78.5 billion reduction from President Obama’s proposed budget
- Guaranteed up-or-down vote in Senate on defunding Planned Parenthood
- Obama Health Law: Guaranteed up-or-down vote in Senate on total repeal of all mandatory and discretionary spending outlined in the Obama health care bill
- Obama Health Law: Cuts “Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan” portion of health care bill by $2.2 billion (flagged by Heritage Foundation as a “back door to a public plan flying under a different flag.”)
- Obama Health Law: Requires GAO audit of all waivers granted to Obama Administration for health care bill (have been over 1,000 so far)
- Obama Health Law: Other GAO audits of portions of health care bill
- Obama Health Law: Repeals “Free Choice Voucher” provisions of Obama health care bill
- Obama Health Law: Cuts funding for the IRS to hire additional agents to enforce individual mandate of Obama health care bill
- No congressionally appropriated funds may be used for abortion in the District of Columbia
- No funds may be used for health care, auto, climate change and urban affairs czars
- Reduces Congress’s own budget by $103 million
- Defense funded at $5 million more than 2010
- EPA budget cut 16%
- Removes a provision passed last year that denied Texas access to $830 million in emergency education funding
- Cost-benefit audit of new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its effects on jobs
2012 Budget: The congressional budget establishes a blueprint for taxes and spending for the next fiscal year.
- Cuts $5.8 trillion in government spending over the next decade from current levelsBrings non-security discretionary spending to below 2008 levels
- Encourages tax reform and simplification with top tax rates for individuals and businesses at 25 percent
- Proposes reforms in the three largest entitlement programs – Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for those under age 55
- Makes no changes to Social Security and Medicare benefits for those who are 55 years old or older
- Converts the federal share of Medicaid and Food Stamps to a block grant program to give states the flexibility to implement the program according to the unique needs of its citizens
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