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Total 2010 budget outlays are projected at nearly $3.6 trillion with a deficit of $1.26 trillion or 8.5 percent of the Gross National Product.
The Rural Policy and Research Institute (RUPRI) [2] has prepared a snapshot of the 2010 federal budget proposal that covers topics of particular concern to members of the National Rural Assembly:
* Regional and Rural Economic Development
* Broadband Deployment
* Health Care
* Renewable Energy
* Infrastructure
* Conservation and Natural Resources
* Community Development
One of the budget documents released by the Office of Management and Budget is Terminations, Reductions and Savings [3]. This itemizes 121 programs to be cut or reduced in order to save some $17 billion. About $82 million for Congressional earmarks in the USDA budget, which support a wide range of rural projects and programs, has been eliminated from the budget for FY2010. Read the OMB’s key issues fact sheet, Standing with Rural America [4].
RUPRI's summarization also includes an appendix that outlines proposed budget cuts for a wide range of rural programs.