GOP Moves to Slash Domestic Program Funds

With budgets for most federal agencies still in limbo, congressional Republicans are drafting a spending bill for the 3-month-old fiscal year that would slash billions of dollars for domestic programs the Senate approved when it was under Democratic control last year.

"Basically, what this reflects is a dramatic cut, a deep, deep cut in the funding for education, a deep cut for homeland security, a deep cut for transportation and research, cuts virtually across the board," said Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.). "We will voice, as strongly as we can, our opposition to these cuts."