Bush Plan eyes cuts for schools, veterans
The Bush administration has told
officials who oversee federal education, domestic security, veterans and other programs to prepare preliminary 2006
budgets that would cut spending after the presidential election, according to White House documents. The programs
facing reductions - should President Bush be re-elected in November - would also include the National Institutes of Health,
the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department.
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Source: Associated Press
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Less federal school aid predicted Rural schools could lose grants for poor children
because of population change, state officials say. School districts outside New York City could lose a significant
chunk of their federal aid next year, according to the state Education Department.
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Source: Oneonta Daily Star
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States plead to force TVA to reduce air pollution Attorneys general from seven
states, including New York, asked President Bush to require the Tennessee Valley Authority to adhere to stricter air
pollution standards. The attorneys said modifications from 1982 to 1996 at the historic TVA and its 11 coal-burning
power plants should adhere to the federal Clean Air Act. Efforts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed
on what the state officials called "procedural grounds," and the only avenue left is a presidential order.
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Source: Associated Press
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Clinton secures authorization for $18.2 M for LI defense projects Senator Hillary
Rodham Clinton announced that she had secured authorization of $12 million for Northrop Grumman's Long Island
facilities including $7 million for Northrop Grumman Melville's AN/SPQ-9B program and $5 million Northrop Grumman
Bethpage's E2-C IRST. Northup Grumman's Bethpage facility also stands to benefit from a $20 million increase for
the EA-6B ICAP III program. Senator Clinton also obtained authorization for $6.2 million for BAE Systems'
development of the Hyperspectral Longwave Imager for the Tactical Environment at its Greenlawn facility.
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Source: Farmingdale Observer
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Medicare drug plan off to a slow start on LI On the first day that seniors could use
the new Medicare-approved drug cards -- touted as helping millions save money on their prescriptions -- not one
person shopped with one at a sampling of 17 pharmacies around Long Island. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services had estimated that 7.3 million seniors would sign up for the cards that provide discounts on up to 18
percent of the price of brand name drugs.
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Source: NY Newsday
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Chances fade for finished federal budget Congress neared the end of another
workweek with chances dwindling for completing a compromise 2005 budget as election-year gridlock continued
between the Republican-run House and Senate. Moderate Republican senators, who oppose the budget for its lack
of limits on future tax cuts, met with Senate GOP leaders but reported no progress. Their support would be needed
to push the $2.4 trillion fiscal package through the narrowly divided chamber.
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Source: Associated Press
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Most federal oil, gas leases unproductive Nearly three-fourths of the 40 million
acres of public land currently leased for oil and gas development in the continental United States isn't producing any
oil or gas, federal records show, even as the Bush administration pushes to open more environmentally sensitive
public lands for oil and gas development.
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Source: Associated Press
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Key U.S. Senator unveils drug import bill Adding new momentum to the drive to
legalize drug imports from Canada and other nations, an influential U.S. Senate chairman unveiled his own import bill
and promised his panel would take it up this summer. With prices generally higher in the United States than many
parts of the world, many U.S. citizens have already started buying Canadian drugs, either by traveling there
themselves or ordering through the Internet.
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Source: Reuters
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