State-by-State Impact of Republican Budget Cuts

In order to pay for their $70 billion in additional tax cuts targeted at the wealthy, House Republicans are pursuing a two-part package of spending cuts in vital services for American families:

- First, House Republicans are preparing a budget reconciliation package, containing about $50 billion in mandatory spending cuts in such programs as student loans, Medicaid, child support enforcement, and food stamps, which will be considered by the House next week; and

- Secondly, House Republicans are also pursuing cuts in a series of important domestic discretionary programs -- ranging from education to child care to housing to environmental protection. Republicans have already cut many of these programs below the 2005 level -- and it is now anticipated that on the last appropriations conference report of the year, they will add an additional 2% across-the-board cut on top of these cuts.

Here are some resources for you:

- State-by-state table on number of student borrowers, prepared by the Democratic staff of the Education and Workforce Committee: http://www.spidel.net/download/student-loan-borrowers-state-by-state.pdf

- State-by-state table on number of Medicaid enrollees, prepared by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: http://www.spidel.net/download/medicaid-enrollment.pdf

- State-by-state table on reductions in child support collections over next 10 years, as a result of provisions in the GOP budget reconciliation bill, prepared by the Center for Law and Social Policy: http://www.spidel.net/download/child-support-collections-state-by-state.pdf

- A set of 11 state-by-state tables on cuts in key domestic discretionary programs (such as education, child care assistance, etc.), which assume the House-passed appropriations level, plus a 2% across-the-board cut, prepared by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: http://www.spidel.net/download/discretionary-spending-cuts-state-by-state.pdf