{"id":4527,"date":"2015-06-26T15:09:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T19:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=4527"},"modified":"2015-06-26T15:09:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T19:09:23","slug":"congress-cuts-programs-in-transportation-housing-and-urban-development-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2015\/06\/26\/congress-cuts-programs-in-transportation-housing-and-urban-development-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Cuts Programs in Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate Appropriations Committee voted this week on the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development budget and there are some steep cuts to important programs to local officials. The most significant is the HOME program, which provides state and local funding for low income housing, from $900 million to just $66 million &#8211; essentially gutting the program. Another key program cut is the Federal Transit Authority&#8217;s New Starts program. The Senate Committee cut that program by $520 million. In this version &#8211; funding for Amtrak was restored and the TIGER program is funded at the current level. The budget now goes before the full Senate for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>On the House side, however, a different pattern of steep cuts emerged. The full House voted last week to cut funding for TIGER grants form $500 million to $100 million. Amtrak was also cut by\u00a0the House. However, CDBG and HOME funds were kept in tact at $3 billion and $900 million, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>These funding levels are reflective of the sequestration caps\u00a0set in the Budget Control Act.\u00a0President Obama has said he will veto any budget that adheres to the reduced spending caps, so this budget process is still a long way from over. However, with just four weeks left before Congress goes on summer break, it&#8217;s important to let your\u00a0member of Congress know that these cuts would have significant impacts to your community so they feel the pressure\u00a0when they return to\u00a0the district.<\/p>\n<p>To contact your member of Congress,\u00a0click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.congressmerge.com\/onlinedb\/cgi-bin\/newseek.cgi?site=congressmerge&amp;state=mi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Summer Minnick is the Director of External Relations and Federal Affairs. She can be reached at sminnick@mml.org or 517-908-0301.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate Appropriations Committee voted this week on the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development budget and there are some steep cuts to important programs to local officials. 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