RON JOHNSON

Medicaid advocates fearing budget cuts protest outside Sen. Ron Johnson’s Madison office WHAT DID DEMOCRAT CONSIDER MORE IMPORTANT THAN MEDICAIDE? Unused Vehicles: $1.6 Billion — The Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Agriculture, Justice, Interior and other agencies purchased an estimated 64,500 passenger vehicles, with $25,600 as the average cost for one vehicle. A GOA review of three agencies revealed there is no way to confirm if any of the vehicles were used. Trolley Expansion: $1.04 Billion — The Department of Transportation awarded a $1.04 billion grant to extend a trolley line in San Diego, California, by 10.9 miles. The report noted that a billion dollars could pay for hundreds of miles of four-lane highways across the country. Lost Military Equipment: $1 Billion — The Office of Inspector General at the Department of Defense reported that the agency could not account for more than $1 billion in military equipment, including weapons and military vehicles. Congress appropriated the money for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 to supply equipment to security forces in Iraq. Chimpanzee Habitat: $52 Million — Over the past 17 years the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has spent more than $52 million to support the Chimpanzee Biomedical Research Resource, despite the fact that the 139 chimpanzees housed through the program are no longer used for biomedical research https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/medicaid-advocates-fearing-budget-cuts-protest-outside-sen-ron-johnson-s-madison-office/ar-AA1zQvS8?ocid=BingNewsSerp