Sentences with phrase «include draconian cuts»

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The states face a combined shortfall of $ 125 billion, and to help balance their budgets, some are making draconian cuts in public education and employees, including, of course, teachers.

Perry's confirmation comes amid reports of draconian cuts to the department's budget, including rolling back funding for nuclear physics and advanced scientific computing research to 2008 levels, eliminate the Office of Electricity, eliminate the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and scrap the Office of Fossil Energy, which focuses on technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.