Agencies/Programs She Would Eliminate

Agencies/Programs He Would Eliminate

Sanders has not suggested cutting any agencies. He has suggested eliminating the federal government’s involvement in issuing student loans, which could eliminate jobs in the Department of Education.

Agencies/Programs He Would Eliminate

The former Florida governor would institute a hiring freeze governmentwide and would fill just one of three vacancies created as federal employees leave. This would achieve a 10 percent reduction in the federal workforce within five years, he said.

Agencies/Programs He Would Eliminate

The retired neurosurgeon has said he would cut the Veterans Affairs Department and move some of its functions to the Defense Department.

Agencies/Programs He Would Eliminate

When asked to name one thing he would cut in the federal government during the Jan. 28 Republican debate, Christie said he would end funding for Planned Parenthood. Asked for something “bigger,” Christie doubled down on his original answer. In an earlier debate, he said he does not believe “massive government intervention” is necessary to deal with the issue of climate change.

Agencies/Programs He Would Eliminate

Cruz has proposed eliminating five major agencies, including the IRS and the departments of Commerce, Education, Energy, and Housing and Urban Development. Cruz also wants to eliminate 25 smaller agencies, according to his website. A November GovExec analysis found his proposals would eliminate over 150,000 federal jobs. Cruz has also called for, in less detail, the elimination of the “army of regulators” in the government during a debate.

Agencies/Programs He Would Eliminate

According to an op-ed published in the Washington Post in October, Kasich would eliminate federal oversight of highways and the Department of Education.

Agencies/Programs He Would Eliminate

On his official Senate website, Rubio promises to “work to reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy.” He cosponsored a measure in 2011 to reduce the size of the federal workforce through attrition. Similar to a provision in recent Republican budgets the bill would have required agencies to cut 10 percent of their employees by hiring just one individual for every three who leave. More specifically, he said in September that he doesn’t think the Education Department is necessary.

Agencies/Programs He Would Eliminate

During an October interview on Fox News, Trump said he would consider cutting the Education Department and the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce spending. It is not clear if he would entirely eliminate them, or slash funding, as he indicated in a January interview with the Wall Street Journal.