| CHN: What is in the FY 2006 Budget Resolution? (updated 9/14/05)
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These pages contain the latest national news stories, analysis and government documents CHN: What is the Opportunity for All Campaign (6/7/05) CHN: State Fact Sheets on Federal Budget Cuts (4/6/05) CHN: Dangerous Choices: The President's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget (3/8/05) CHN: BUDGET BASICS 101 - Threats to Human Needs in the FY 2006 Budget (1/26/05)
PDF or PDF text-only Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Overview of Budget Proposals (3/28/05) CBPP: House Budget Resolution Cuts More Deeply Than Senate Budget Plan (3/30/05) (includes state-by-state data on cuts to low-income program)
CHN: How to Talk About the Impact of Federal Budget Cuts on the People in Your State (2/3/05)
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Center for Community Change: Budget Advocacy Toolkit (January 2005)
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Introduction to the Federal Budget Process (December 2004)
CHN: How the Federal Budget Affects State Human Needs Programs (updated 2/22/05)
Includes links to data prepared by other organiziations showing the size of cuts for each state in programs such as Medicaid, LIHEAP, job training, community development, and K-12 education. Every Child Matters: Learn How the President's FY 2006 Budget Affects Children in Your State (3/8/05)
Detailed fact sheet for each state on the number of children losing specific benefits and services and the total amount of funds lost for each program under the President's budget. RESULTS: Developing the Skills to Become a Trained Citizen Activist
Although this is not about the federal budget, it is a step-by-step guide to introduce new community activists to the concrete actions they can take to become effective citizen activists (e.g., meeting with your Member of Congress.) Save Our Services Campaign
This campaign, sponsored by American Friends Service Committee, is a call to action on the federal budget
Call to Renewal: Budgets are Moral Documents (4/27/05)
CBPP: Statement by CBPP on the Budget Conference Agreement (4/28/05)
Catholic Charities USA: Congress Should Protect Poor from Budget Ax (3/8/05)
Letter from Catholic Charities USA to Congress on Federal Budget (3/8/05)
NCJW: Opposes Medicaid Cuts (3/7/05)
CHN: President's Budget - The Wrong Choices (2/7/05)
NCLR: Real People, Real Issue, Real Impact -- All Depend on the Programs Cut and Eliminated (2/14/05)
NYEC: Administration's Budget Ignores Youth Employment and Dropout Crisis (2/8/05)
Voices for America's Children: Reaction to Federal Budget Cuts (2/7/05)
Families USA: President's Medicaid Budget Shifts Huge Burden to States (2/7/05)
FRAC: President's Budget Leaves Families Hungrier and Sicker (2/7/05)
NCPSSM: President's Proposals Make Us "Owing" Society, Not "Ownership" Society (2/7/05)
CLASP: President’s Budget Projects 300,000 Low-Income Children to Lose
Child Care by 2010 (2/7/05)
Housing Assistance Council: Budget Proposal Overlooks Serious Housing Needs (2/7/05)
ALABAMA
The Decatur Daily: State's Top Medicaid Official Critical Of Outdated Bush List (4/13/05)
ARIZONA
The Business Journal: Dems Say Budget Cuts Will Hurt Small Business, Rural Development (2/18/05)
East Valley Tribune: Budgetary ‘Boot Camp'; Sadly, Funding For Kids Isn't ‘Off The Table' (2/9/05)
The Arizona Republic: State's Funding At Risk; Bush Budget Would Rein In Spending (2/8/05) CALIFORNIA
The Oakland Tribune: Medicaid Cuts Leave States, Poor In Distress (4/25/05)
COLORADO
KOAA-TV News First: Federal Budget Cuts Could Affect Child Welfare Programs (4/28/05) CONNECTICUT
New Britain Herald: Medicaid Cuts Could Hurt New England (4/10/05)
DELAWARE
Cape Gazette: Federal Budget Cuts Could Hurt Programs For The Poor (4/3/05)
FLORIDA
Palm Beach Post: House Panel Urged To Back More Money For Migrants' Head Start Programs (4/15/05)
Tallahassee Democrat: Florida to Feel Federal Budget Cuts (2/24/05) GEORGIA
Gainesville Times: State Program Teaches Public Health Literacy (3/18/05)
HAWAII
The Honolulu Bulletin: Hawaii Grants In Jeopardy: A Bush Budget Plan Could Cut From The $14.8 Million In Isle Community Grants (3/7/05) ILLINOIS
Farm Week: Bush's Budget Cuts Would Impact Ag Ed In Illinois (3/3/05) IOWA
The Quad-City Times: Schools Fear Federal Budget Cuts (4/28/05)
Pilot Tribune: Bush Budget May Cripple Area Drug Force (3/8/05) KANSAS
Salina Journal: Living On The Edge (4/23/05)
KENTUCKY
Louisville Courier-Journal: A 'Viciously Uncivilized' Budget (4/13/05) LOUISIANA
New Orleans Gambit Weekly: The Read On It (4/5/05)
MAINE
Portland Press Herald: Child Care Programs Face Threat (5/13/05)
Portland Press Herald: Ad on Budget Cuts (4/22/05)
Bangor Daily News: Crossroads for Maine's Public Safety (4/13/05)
Press Herald: Painful Federal Budget Cuts Miss the Mark on Deficit (3/12/05)
Portland Press Herald: President's Proposed Budget Cuts Seen As Threat To Social Services ( 3/11/05)
Bangor Daily News: Build a Better Budget (3/8/05) MICHIGAN
Detroit Free Press: Report: Detroit's Poverty Tops Rural Miss (5/6/05)
The Macomb Daily: Legal Aid Targets Low-Income Residents: Federal Cuts Make Programs Scramble ( 4/19/05)
The Detroit News: Bush Spending Plan May Cost Michigan (3/8/05) MINNESOTA
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: HurtingThe Least Of Us (5/8/05)
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Editorial: D.C. Deceit/Budget Blueprint Is Awful (4/28/05)
St. Paul Pioneer Press: Ad on Budget Cuts (4/21/05)
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: What Society Loses When We Cut Child Care (4/21/05)
Star Tribune: Human Services Bill Reduces Many Benefits For Poor (4/21/05)
Duluth News Tribune: College-Readiness Funding Shouldn't Be Left Behind (4/8/05)
Albert Lea Tribune: Arc Working With Legislators On Impact Of Cuts (3/31/05)
Albert Lea Tribune: Budget Cuts Affect Local Programs For Families (3/8/05) MISSISSIPPI
The Clarion-Ledger: House rejects move to trim $166M from Medicaid (3/18/05)
Clarksdale Press Register: Lawmakers Call Medicaid Fix Temporary (3/16/05)
The Clarion-Ledger: Officials: Action Needed Now to Fund Medicaid (3/12/05)
Hattiesburg American: Budget Cuts Would Hurt Communities (3/7/05) MISSOURI
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Social Workers Warn Of Cuts' Consequences (5/7/05)
The Billings Gazette: 2006 Bush Budget Would Hit Rural Residents (3/8/05)
Springfield News-Leader: Bush Budget Would Slash Community College Funding (2/22/05) MONTANA
Great Falls Tribune: House Cuts Target Montana's Poor (4/18/05) NEBRASKA
Midlands Voices: Bush's Medicaid Cuts Would Hurt Nebraska (3/7/05) NEVADA
Las Vegas Sun: Nevada Coalition Rallies Against Plan To Cut Funds For The Poor (4/12/05)
Las Vegas Sun: Nevada Activists Rail Against Bush Budget (3/7/05) NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua Telegraph: Flaws Lead To Another Gap In State Budget (4/26/05)
Foster's Daily Democrat: N.H. Could Be Only State to Charge Poorest Citizens Medicaid Fee (4/18/05)
New Hampshire Union Leader: NH Job Corps Plan Threatened ( 4/10/05)
New Hampshire Union Leader: Commentary:Sen. Gregg Is Not Living Up To New Hampshire Values (4/2/05)
NEW JERSEY
Glouchester County Times: Group: Budget Will Hurt Housing (4/13/05) NEW MEXICO
AlterNet: The Cruelest Cuts (5/6/05)
NEW YORK
Black Enterprise Magazine: Education Act Needs More Funding (4/10/05) NORTH DAKOTA
Washington Post: In North Dakota, Farmers Wary of Cuts to Subsidies: Many Brace for Trims by Bush, Congress (4/4/05) OHIO
The Plain Dealer: Medicare Drug Plan Backfires On States; Seniors' Switch From Medicaid Will Boost Costs By Millions (3/9/05)
Toledo Blade: Finding The Perfect Blend To End Homelessness (3/5/05)
Toledo Blade: Ohio Mayors Pledge To Fight Cuts In Bush's Budget (2/9/05)
The Plain Dealer: NASA Glenn To Lose 700 Jobs As Cleveland Holds Its Breath; Glenn Center May Lose 700 Jobs Amid Changing Goals For NASA (2/8/05)
The Enquirer: Bush Budget-Cut Plan Faces Host Of Lobbyists (2/8/05)
The Plain Dealer: Ohio Sits On $331 Million Designated To Help Poor: Despite Surplus, Benefits Kept Low, Cut Off At 3 Years (2/7/05) OKLAHOMA
Tehlequah Daily Press: Local Residents Urged To Protest Bush Budget Cuts (3/8/05) OREGON
The Oregonian: Federal Budget Should Reflect Higher Values (4/25/05)
Bend Bulletin: Ad on Budget Cuts (4/22/05)
Salem Statesman-Journal: Oregon Lagging In Pre-K Funding (4/22/05)
Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Threaten Much-Needed, Cost-Effective Programs (4/12/05)
The Oregonian: Congress Back To Its Frenzy of Not Feeding (4/1/05)
The Oregonian: Vocational Programs Face Cuts; Federal Money For Technical Classes Could Be Eliminated, And Student Groups Could Be Trimmed At The State Level (3/7/05)
OregonLive.com: Not So Fast On Medicaid Cuts; Congress Should Listen To Sen. Gordon Smith Of Oregon (2/11/05)
The Oregonian: Republican Senator Calls Medicaid Cuts "Devastating" (2/10/05) PENNSYLVANIA
Levittown Bucks County Courier Times: Bucks Winces At Proposed Cuts To Youth Services Aid (5/12/05)
Philadelphia Inquirer: Editorial: The Federal Budget Too Many Unkind Cuts (5/1/05)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Child Care 'Strike' Makes A Point (4/22/05)
Harrisburg Patriot News: Ad on Budget Cuts (4/21/05)
Times-Observer: Budget Cuts (Commentary) (4/20/05)
Philadelphia Daily News: A Cruel April 15 Joke: Tax Shifts Benefit Only the Rich - Again (4/15/05)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A Better Budget (4/14/05)
News of Delaware County: Budget Plan Worries Shelter Officials (3/30/05)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Local Group Rallies Against Bush's Proposed Budget Cuts; Local Demonstrators Worry About Safety Net (2/8/05) RHODE ISLAND
Providence Journal: Advocates For Poor Seek More Money (4/27/05)
The Anchor: Budget Cuts Threaten Higher Education Aid (3/1/05)
The Pawtucket Times: R.I.'S Hunger Problem Looms Large As Assistance Programs Face Cuts (2/25/05) TENNESSEE
The Chattanoogan: Bush Budget Is A Total Disaster (3/2/05)
Nashville City Paper: State Faces Federal Funding Cuts (2/28/05) UTAH
The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Advocates: Cuts Uncivilized (4/29/05)
The Salt Lake Tribune: Three Utah Bishops Urge Congress To Reject U.S. Budget (4/20/05)
The Salt Lake Tribune: Budget Cuts Threaten The Welfare Of Children And Their Families (4/2/05)
Deseret News:Utah Services May Face Cuts: House Spending Plan Could Cost Poor $135 Million Over 5 Years (3/31/05)
Salt Lake City Weekly: Leavitt’s Prescription: With Mike Leavitt Now Heading the Country’s Medicaid Program, Utah’s Poor Warn the Nation (3/31/05)
Salt Lake Tribune: Bush's Budget Will Put Elderly And Disabled Out On The Streets (3/5/05) VIRGINIA
HamptonRoads.com: Budget Cuts May Dry Funds Up For Some (4/28/05) WASHINGTON
Seattle Times: Medicaid Budgets Undergo Surgery Nationwide (4/25/05)
The Olympian: We Must Make Child Welfare, Education High Priorities (4/20/05)
The Seattle Times: Bush's Budget Leaves College Students Behind (3/7/05)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Feeling The Budget Squeeze: Programs For Poor Battle For Scarce Dollars (2/11/05) WASHINGTON, D.C.
Washington Post: Housing Voucher Cut Could Hit Hard; Study Says Bush's Plan Risks Shortfalls (3/6/05) WEST VIRGINIA
The Charleston Gazette: Federal Cutbacks (Impact on West Virginia – series on budget cuts, 3/5/05 to present) The following contain details not provided in the budget documents released by the White House today. To access the federal budget itself, go to the GPO's budget site.
06 Policy v 05 Policy or Enacted
Discretionary (annually appropriated) programs - compares President’s policy recommendations for FY 2005 and FY 2006 (235 pages)
Budget by Agency
Budget by Agency and Account, FY 2004 - FY 2006 (234 pages)
Cuts-Detail
Cuts: President’s policy choices minus baseline - detail, FY 2004 - FY 2015. (525 pages)
NOTE: unlike previous years, this table does not include information about cuts in discretionary programs after FY 2006.
Policy by Function-Detail
Policy detail: Budget authority by function, category, and program (includes both discretionary and mandatory funding), FY 2004 - FY 2015. (539 pages) NOTE: unlike previous years, this table does not include information about cuts in discretionary programs after FY 2006.
Policy v Baseline-Detail
Comparison of President’s policy choices and baseline by function, FY 2005 - FY 2010. Includes mandatory and discretionary programs (951 pages). NOTE: unlike previous years, this table does not include information about cuts in discretionary programs after FY 2006.
Receipts
Governmental receipts (revenue sources), FY 2004 - FY 2010 (15 pages)
Supplementals
Supplemental budget request, FY 2006 (12 pages)
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