Well, It's A Beginning: The First Round Of Proposed Spending Cuts

The House Appropriations Committee published their proposed cuts, yesterday.

Unlike the Dems, they actually published well ahead of time, and will allow time for amendments and debate.

It's a beginning. Amongst the NannyState devotees, there will be outraged cries declaring how cruel these cuts are. They'll also scoff that the cuts are too small to matter, etc. etc.

It's a beginning. A highlights include:

Department of Treasury -$268M
Internal Revenue Service -$593M
International Trade Administration -$93M
Economic Development Assistance -$16M
Minority Business Development Agency -$2M
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services -$96M
LIHEAP Contingency fund -$400M
Community Services Block Grant -$405M
High Speed Rail -$1B
FAA Next Gen -$234M
Amtrak -$224M
HUD Community Development Fund -$530M