"Especially troubling are the $60 billion in cuts to nursing homes for the elderly under Medicaid, requirements for veterans to pay nearly two times as much for prescription drugs, and cuts to local law-enforcement and firefighters who are the first to be called in the event of a terrorist attack," Mr. Moran said. [emphasis added]
The administration wants to cut the Justice Department's Community Oriented Policing Services program, designed to help localities hire more police officers, by 96 percent. The proposal also calls for a cut to the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, a program designed to provide loans and grant money to development projects, from $250 million last year to $8 million.
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