The plan that House republicans want to enact in regard to the federal budget would require cutting $ 100 billion from the budget or returning to a budget set in 2006 that would require a $ 175 billion reduction in spending. The Virginian Pilot from today says the cuts would be in the following areas. Elimination of Legal Services Corp (they provide poor people legal assistance), Amtrak subsidies, community development grants, economic aid to Egypt (why only them?), put a 5 year freeze on the pay of federal workers and cut their work force by 15 %. The White House says cutting $ 100 billion "could force 400,000 childdren out of Head Start, reduce the size of Pell Grants for low income students by $ 1000 and force the Justice Dept to forlough 4000 FBI agents and 900 US marshalls".
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