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In Smart Dissent's Budget Cuts Series, we are examining the White House proposed budget cuts to learn what's hidden beneath the surface and later update based on Congressional budget proposals and actions. This is our third to focus on proposals related to 2019. Since Congress never got their act together for 2018, most of Trump's proposals didn't go into effect fortunately and hopefully the same is true for 2019.
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Ajit Pai, the FCC Chairman who is owned by the telecom and cable industry, is pushing closer to grant their wishes. Named by Trump in January 2017, Pai has been working every day since then to repeal rules that classify internet service as a utility. Under the Pai plan, high-speed internet service will no longer be treated like a public utility with strict rules, as it is now. Instead, he said, the industry "should largely be left to police itself.”
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Paul Ryan and the Trump White House are getting rid of the current chairman of the Election Assistance Commission, a John Boehner-picked official who has spent the past year helping states bulletproof election systems from Russian hackers. Matthew Masterson has worked tirelessly to help states protect election systems from possible cyber attacks by Russia or others.
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Sometimes the headline says it all. Once you've stopped shaking your head in disgust, please continue to read below.
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In 1990, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which promoted the integration, acceptance, and everyday rights of people with disabilities. But last week, the Republicans in the House of Representatives voted along party lines to undermine a key tenet of that landmark civil rights law. The bill now heads to the Senate.