G.O.P.'s 'Leaner, Meaner' Crime Bills Would Scrap School-Based Programs

By Jessica Portner

Washington

Flexing their new political muscle in Congress, Republicans leaders have introduced bills that will form the basis of an effort to replace last year's crime act with something "leaner and meaner."

The G.O.P. bills in the House and the Senate would both cut nearly all of the prevention programs authorized last year--including some school-based initiatives--while bolstering...