Tuesday, February 22, 2011

FYI-- new proposed bill for budget cuts include....


"...federal funding for Planned Parenthood would be cut off. Federal family planning and teen pregnancy prevention grants would end. Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be eliminated. In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would be prohibited from imposing regulations curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA’s budget would decrease by $3 billion. Pell Grants for lower-income college students would be reduced by $5.6 billion. And food aid for poor pregnant women and women with children up to the age of 5 would be cut by $747 million." 

- Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!