State-by-State Impact of Republican Majority Whip Scalise’s RSC Budget on the Middle Class

Jun 23, 2014

Senate Democrats are working to provide a fair shot for everyone to succeed with an agenda to make sure that Americans who work hard and play by the rules can get ahead with good paying jobs and greater economic opportunity. At the same time, Republicans continue to defend a system that benefits huge corporations and the few at the top at the expense of working families.

Last week, House Republicans elected former Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise (R-LA) as Majority Whip. The RSC - a coalition of the far-right wing of Congressional Republicans formerly led by Scalise - has offered a plan that takes the wrong approach. It doubles down on the failed policies already in the Republican budget and guts investments that the middle class relies on. While House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan takes a 15% cut from domestic discretionary programs in FY16, the Scalise/RSC budget goes even further with a 28% cut.

The result would be devastating reductions to services that would cause families to lose access to educational programs for their children, compromise public safety, food safety, law enforcement, and lead to losses in critical health and child care services.

Below are DPCC projections for the resulting cuts.

State-by-State Analysis of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) Budget
Reductions to Discretionary Programs

	Title I			IDEA	Head Start	Social Services Block Grant	Child Care Block Grant	Job Training Grants (WIA/ES)		Housing Choice Vouchers	STOP Violence Against Women
	Schools losing funding	Disadvantaged students losing support	Cut in teachers and staff	Cut in special education teachers and staff	Children losing Head Start services	Cut of SSBG Funding	Kids losing childcare	Workers losing training & employment services	Workers losing job search assistance	Low-income families losing vouchers	Domestic violence victims not served
ALABAMA	257	117,773	825	605	5,078	$47,771,167	2,053	27,867	61,417	6,331	1,819
ALASKA	55	9,332	110	128	587	$7,188,500	220	5,133	52,067	1,238	29
ARIZONA	330	92,803	1,192	697	4,932	$64,478,333	2,695	44,367	90,017	5,869	1,866
ARKANSAS	220	73,590	587	385	3,043	$29,223,333	1,357	18,150	38,317	3,304	1,060
CALIFORNIA	1,632	958,595	6,343	4,290	38,757	$374,903,833	12,082	321,383	574,200	115,265	2,411
COLORADO	202	62,260	642	568	3,263	$50,895,167	1,375	32,450	77,000	8,052	1,899
CONNECTICUT	147	31,460	458	440	2,383	$35,616,167	715	24,750	54,633	12,544	765
DELAWARE	18	12,852	110	128	623	$9,023,667	275	5,317	13,383	1,373	273
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	37	11,788	110	55	1,137	$6,147,167	165	5,683	15,400	6,188	44
FLORIDA	532	386,870	3,135	2,182	12,687	$189,555,667	6,087	126,133	278,117	29,086	6,543
GEORGIA	403	261,415	1,852	1,210	8,030	$97,626,833	4,492	74,433	141,533	16,012	1,353
GUAM	---	---	---	---	92	$537,167	---	2,017	2,200	1,159	---
HAWAII	73	36,208	238	147	1,027	$13,674,833	385	5,683	16,867	3,755	79
IDAHO	110	23,980	238	202	1,100	$15,764,833	678	8,800	43,450	1,324	444
ILLINOIS	678	211,548	2,438	1,687	12,723	$128,003,333	3,795	101,933	201,117	28,672	8,158
INDIANA	257	65,945	1,008	843	4,657	$64,821,167	2,548	45,650	92,583	7,036	3,161
IOWA	202	31,185	367	385	2,402	$30,459,000	972	9,533	43,083	3,293	1,102
KANSAS	202	37,913	440	110	2,420	$28,559,667	1,027	12,650	39,783	2,151	1,210
KENTUCKY	220	107,873	843	532	5,078	$43,459,167	1,925	34,283	61,417	6,404	1,586
LOUISIANA	238	129,690	1,082	660	6,802	$45,503,333	1,962	24,750	58,483	12,129	3,773
MAINE	110	9,240	220	183	1,283	$13,211,000	348	8,250	25,850	2,928	528
MARYLAND	128	51,205	862	660	3,612	$57,971,833	1,338	31,717	85,983	17,419	3,128
MASSACHUSETTS	312	92,473	880	917	4,968	$65,523,333	1,338	36,483	96,800	29,676	3,214
MICHIGAN	532	161,040	1,925	1,375	10,835	$98,233,667	3,410	78,833	153,633	11,827	4,473
MINNESOTA	257	51,902	623	623	3,392	$53,163,000	1,467	23,467	79,383	7,605	532
MISSISSIPPI	183	96,947	642	422	7,297	$29,626,667	1,577	24,383	40,883	4,730	1,219
MISSOURI	330	94,105	917	733	5,628	$59,785,000	2,072	33,733	85,800	8,278	3,133
MONTANA	110	9,698	110	128	972	$9,929,333	312	5,500	35,383	1,058	433
NEBRASKA	165	37,785	312	238	1,705	$18,327,833	642	5,317	40,517	2,294	1,221
NEVADA	55	50,197	477	257	1,210	$27,087,500	917	24,383	44,183	4,587	2,957
NEW HAMPSHIRE	37	3,923	92	147	623	$13,112,000	257	5,317	19,067	2,816	301
NEW JERSEY	403	107,177	1,192	1,173	6,050	$87,739,667	1,980	70,400	138,050	24,184	7,434
NEW MEXICO	165	62,553	403	293	2,530	$20,711,167	953	12,283	39,783	2,504	451
NEW YORK	807	493,460	3,997	2,512	19,983	$193,611,000	4,877	141,167	277,750	79,609	8,248
NORTH CAROLINA	367	171,178	1,632	1,173	6,948	$96,048,333	3,667	77,733	140,983	11,961	2,118
NORTH DAKOTA	55	4,877	92	110	807	$6,803,500	183	4,950	36,117	1,045	114
NORTHERN MARIANAS	---	---	---	---	73	$108,167	---	1,100	---	127	---
OHIO	623	214,427	2,127	1,503	11,605	$114,832,667	3,795	68,383	171,050	19,087	5,009
OKLAHOMA	330	110,825	587	495	3,960	$37,711,667	1,613	16,317	46,567	4,347	777
OREGON	165	58,978	587	440	2,842	$38,511,000	1,247	28,233	58,667	7,465	1,940
PENNSYLVANIA	495	168,722	2,108	1,448	10,597	$126,747,500	3,282	86,533	185,900	19,686	4,222
PUERTO RICO	330	115,445	1,375	422	11,257	$16,120,500	1,503	49,133	49,867	6,571	1,214
RHODE ISLAND	37	16,427	183	147	1,008	$10,457,333	257	9,167	17,783	2,928	757
SOUTH CAROLINA	147	74,525	807	183	4,015	$46,542,833	1,998	33,917	65,450	4,948	1,843
SOUTH DAKOTA	55	6,618	92	128	880	$8,196,833	275	4,950	33,367	970	711
TENNESSEE	330	172,388	1,063	807	5,555	$63,691,833	2,530	44,917	91,117	7,121	1,463
TEXAS	1,540	933,075	4,840	3,557	22,642	$255,374,167	11,752	138,417	345,950	35,765	11,180
UTAH	92	40,773	403	403	1,833	$28,020,667	1,338	9,900	46,200	2,413	2,684
VERMONT	37	9,680	92	110	605	$6,231,500	147	4,950	15,583	1,731	130
VIRGIN ISLANDS	---	---	---	---	385	$537,167	---	1,650	9,350	499	---
VIRGINIA	238	72,472	1,008	953	4,657	$80,532,833	2,090	34,833	111,100	13,394	4,209
WASHINGTON	275	62,645	898	770	4,748	$67,934,167	1,888	42,533	99,733	14,562	1,786
WEST VIRGINIA	110	37,033	348	257	2,347	$18,454,333	678	11,000	38,133	2,215	1,260
WISCONSIN	348	77,275	825	697	4,253	$56,811,333	1,723	33,183	85,250	5,238	1,289
WYOMING	37	4,198	92	110	550	$5,650,333	147	4,950	25,850	444	242
TOTAL	15,015	6,336,348	53,827	38,628	288,475	$3,116,564,000	106,407	2,138,950	4,792,150	633,208	117,792

DPCC Calculations based on White House, 4/9/14; RSC;

Reductions are determined by calculating the percentage reduction under the RSC budget in FY2016 (from $530 billion to $384 billion). Because the RSC budget does not specify how these reductions would be achieved, this 27.5% cut is applied across-the-board to current programmatic levels to show illustrative differences that could occur within a few years.

By: DPCC

Democratic Policy & Communications Center

State-by-State Impact of Republican Majority Whip Scalise’s RSC Budget on the Middle Class