Programs on the Chopping Block

Congress will soon consider the creation of a “sunset commission.” If approved, this unelected and unaccountable commission would have the power to recommend programs for elimination or realignment. Below are some of the programs continually under threat of elimination by the Bush administration and the Republican Study Committee. If the sunset commission proposal is passed, Congress may have little opportunity to save these valuable programs. Download a fact sheet on some of the programs at risk of being cut.
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