Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110412:12:04:00
Billion would be cut from mandatory spending. some of the areas most heavily targeted by republican lawmakers, the education, labor, and health and human services departments. they face as much as a combined $19.8 billion in cuts or 52 of total reductions in the plan. other cuts would come from foreign affairs programs, the commerce and justice departments, and transportation and housing. some of those controversial riders that were sought by republicans that didn't make it into the final deal included defunding planned parenthood and roll backs to the environmental protection agency. however,...