House Republicans Leave No Social Benefit Program Ungutted; Promote Policy to Produce More Abortions

Is There Any Beneficial Program These People Do Not Hate

The spending battle between ultra Conservative House Republicans and the President continues. 

with a bill that would cut some of his favorite health and education programs, tie the hands of the National Labor Relations Board and eliminate federal grants for Planned Parenthood clinics.



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Now this bill is just an opening salvo in what will be difficult negotiations with the Senate in order to produce an omnibus spending bill by mid November in order to fund the government for FY 2012 and not have (another) threat of a government shutdown.  So the bill should not be read as what is going to happen, but as a revelation of what Conservative Republicans will do if they get into full control of the government.

Here’s some of the high(low)lights.

The bill stipulates that no more federal money could be spent on the government’s main family planning program, Title X of the Public Health Service Act, established more than 40 years ago. The program provides services to more than five million people a year at more than 4,500 clinics.

thus putting the anti-abortion Conservatives on record for denying funding for programs that prevent abortion.  But wait, there’s more.

The bill does not provide any money for Mr. Obama’s school improvement program known as Race to the Top. . . Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president of the American Council on Education, which represents 1,600 colleges and universities, estimated that the bill would eliminate Pell grants for a million students, or roughly 10 percent of those now eligible, 

So we know these folks are not in favor of more and better education.  But wait, there’s more

House Republicans try again, for the third time this year, to cut off federal money for NPR, the public radio network. The bill would reduce home energy assistance to low-income families by more than 25 percent, to $3.4 billion. And it would eliminate money for AmeriCorps, the national service program, while continuing certain volunteer programs for older Americans.

which implements the Republicans well known “If They’re Poor, Let’em Freeze” campaign.  But wait, there’s more

The House bill would also block numerous rules intended to protect workers. For example, the National Labor Relations Board could not use any money to enforce a new requirement that employers notify workers of their rights to form and join unions. . . The government could not require employers to adopt “injury and illness prevention programs.” . . . Federal education officials could not enforce a new rule setting stricter standards for profit-making colleges and vocational schools. . . .Federal health officials would have to curtail research comparing the effectiveness of different treatments for the same illness or injury.

The House bill would also eliminate money for a Labor Department program that trains workers for “green jobs” in energy-efficient industries. It would virtually shut down a Labor Department office that helps communities hurt by the downturn in the auto industry.

Had enough?  Ok, this is just a preview.  The show starts January 20, 2013 with a Republican in the White House, and a Republican controlled House and Senate.