Congress Details Cuts in 2011 Budget Deal as Votes Near

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By SIOBHAN HUGHES

WASHINGTON—A deal to keep the U.S. government funded for the remainder of fiscal 2011 contains large budget cuts for high-speed rail projects and the Environmental Protection Agency and leaves almost no program immune from the largest spending reductions in the country’s history.

The details of a plan to reduce spending by almost $39 billion from previous levels were posted early Tuesday morning, just days before the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate take up the measure. Congress must act in order to keep the government running beyond Thursday, when the latest interim spending measure expires. The fiscal year 2011 ends Sept. 30.

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