re: #2 dragonfire1981

This is the same logic that is sometimes used in a corporate environment: It doesn’t matter how damaging the cuts might be in the LONG term, anything that cuts costs in the short term is a good thing.

I also get the feeling they are trying to force the States to start covering the lions share of the costs for these control centers.

Wouldn’t it be great if it were illegal to cut certain things from the budget?

No, it wouldn’t. In fact, it would not be constitutional. Congress should be able to cut funding to whatever it wants, subject to the president’s signature (unless they have 2/3rds to override a veto) and the Constitution.

That having been said, this item is an extremely bad budget cutting idea.