behind too. all of those federal programs fund the hiring and training of teachers. let s talk about the police. the community-oriented policing service program, or cops, has been directly funding police hires with federal dollars since 1994. the congressional research service estimates 117,000 officers were hired through cops last year. again, that s all federal dollars. firefighters get hired through federal grants under something called the staffing for adequate fire and emergency response program. about 3,400 firefighters will get hired this year, thanks to federal dollars. here s where it gets tricky. mitt romney wants to shrink government and cut programs and he wants to do it on his first day in office, but he won t be specific. so greg sargent at the washington post asked the center on budget and policy priorities to analyze what we do know about romney s cuts. the center calculates that romney s budget would require a 29% cut across the board.
with disabilities education act. it comes from no child left behind, too. all of those federal programs fund the hiring and training of teachers. let s talk about the police. the community oriented policing services program, or c.o.p.s., has been directly funding police hires with federal dollars since 1994. the congressional research service estimates 117,000 officers were hired through c.o.p.s. last year. again, that s all federal dollars. firefighters get hired through federal grants under something called the staffing for adequate fire and emergency response program. about 3,400 firefighters will get hired this year thanks to federal dollars. here s where it gets tricky. mitt romney wants to shrink government and cut programs and he wants to do it on his first day in office but he won t be specific. so greg sergeant at the washington post asked the center on budget and policy priorities to analyze what we do know about romney s cuts.
fund the hiring and training of teachers. let s talk about the police. the community oriented policing services program, or c.o.p.s., has been directly funding police hires with federal dollars since 1994. the congressional research service estimates 117,000 officers were hired through c.o.p.s. last year. again, that s all federal dollars. firefighters get hired through federal grants under something called the staffing for adequate fire and emergency response program. about 3,400 firefighters will get hired this year thanks to federal dollars. here s where it gets tricky. mitt romney wants to shrink government and cut programs and he wants to do it on his first day in office but he won t be specific. so greg sergeant at the washington post asked the center on budget and policy priorities to analyze what we do know about romney s cuts. the center calculates romney s budget would require a 29% cut across the board. so federal programs that fund teacher, police, and firefighter
politics in-depth. i m wolf blitzer in florida, you re in the situation room. the dust is settling here in jacksonville, florida, after our very exciting cnn republican presidential debate last night. and there s new evidence that mitt romney is gaining support four days before florida puts its stamp on the republican race for the white house. the new poll shows romney nine points ahead of gingrich among likely gop primary voters here in florida. the survey was taken tuesday through thursday entirely before our debate last night. gingrich was leading romney in florida earlier this week. right after he won the south carolina primary, but in the last couple of days, he clearly lost some of that momentum here in florida. and he s now trailing romney. newt gingrich came out swinging in debate here in jacksonville, but some campaign watchers think he was off his game last night. our chief political analyst gloria borger listened to every word of the debate. she was here in jac