re: #107 barflytom

156 million is a bit less than 2% of the budget for the CDC.

Considering that Federal spending would need to be cut by about 40% to match tax revenue, it seems the Republicans are being pretty half hearted in their attempts to slaughter millions of impoverished children.

Some of the more hysterical comments here really are, well, hysterical.

Not so fast. The article says

The House GOP’s 2011 budget would chop $156 million from the Centers for Disease Control’s funding for immunization and respiratory diseases.

According to the CDC’s published budget, funding for immunization and respiratory diseases is currently $708 million, so this would be a 22% cut.