BIA gets $108M cut in Bush budget

[True_Blue]

WASHINGTON - Congress wrapped up the first phase of budget work for 2006 this month, and Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., was quick to express his displeasure at the result.

That's because the House and Senate approved budget blueprints that leave intact President Bush's proposed cuts in funding for schools and housing for Native American tribes.

Bush's budget plan would provide $2.2 billion to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, $108.2 million less than what was appropriated for the current fiscal year. The reduction, Johnson said, includes a cut of $90 million - or 33 percent - for school construction.

"If we're ever going to break the cycle of poverty in Indian Country, education is going to be a key part of the strategy," Johnson said.

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http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050328/NEWS/503280306/1001

[Tux]

1. Sheesh

My Cherokee ancestors fought over this kind of treatment. Why can't the first people on this continent get a break?

[NVMojo]

2. Because the idiots like Bush live a life avoiding ever seeing what

their lives are like ...jerks ... Bush and pals only benefit their buddies...

[dflprincess]

3. Gee and all those kind words

he (finally) had to say to the people of Red Lake.

The Great White Fathead strikes again.