White House budget cuts for 2005

This is a partial list of the programs which the White House wishes to cut back or terminate in 2005. What happened to all of Bush's concern for the poor and for education?

� Advanced Technology Program, which supports high-risk technology development with the private sector. 2004: $171 million; 2005: 0.

� School Alcohol Abuse Reduction. 2004: $30 million; 2005: 0.

� Arts in Education grants. 2004: $35 million; 2005: 0.

� Comprehensive School Reform grants for low-income schools. 2004: $234 million; 2005: 0.

� Eisenhower Math and Science Education Programs. 2004: $20 million; 2005: 0.

� Even Start family literacy. 2004:$247 million; 2005: 0.

� Education Department Parental Information and Resource Centers. 2004: $42 million; 2005: 0.

� Community Development Block Grants. 2004: $334 million; 2005: 0.

� HOPE VI public housing revitalization. 2004: $149 million; 2005: 0.

� Tax-favored Empowerment Zones. 2004: $15 million; 2005: 0.

� Brownfields Redevelopment. 2004: $25 million; 2005: 0.

� Rural Housing and Economic Development. 2004: $25 million; 2005: 0.

� Local Law Enforcement Grants. 2004: $1.58 billion; 2005: 0.

� Juvenile crime prevention block grants. 2004: $59 million; 2005: 0.

� Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Training. 2004: $77 million; 2005: 0.

� Smaller Learning Communities to divide large high schools into smaller ones. 2004: $174 million; 2005: 0.

� Health Professional Training Grants. 2004: $409 million; 2005: $126 million.

� Rural Health Aid. 2004: $147 million; 2005: $56 million.

� Homeland Security first responders. 2004: $4.37 billion; 2005: $3.56 billion.

� Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Program. 2004: $78 million; 2005: $44 million.

� Election Reform. 2004: $1.49 billion; 2005: $65 million.

SOURCE: White House's Office of Management and Budget