The House of Representatives continues to consider H.R.1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act for FY 2011. This legislation, introduced by Chair of the Appropriations Committee Hal Rogers (R-KY), originally would have reduced this fiscal year’s federal spending by $74 Billion. Newly-elected tea party Representatives forced the Committee to go back and find further cuts totaling $100 Billion. The legislation literally addresses every government agency’s budget line-by-line. While program eliminations are still influx, in the Education Department H.R.1 would eliminate the Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) and other small programs dealing with foreign languages.
Federal Budget and Foreign Language Education
