Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)

Looks like the vote of Eleanor Holmes Norton isn’t the only thing that House Republicans want to strip away from the District. The Spending Reduction Act of 2011, a bill constructed by the Republican Study Committee led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and unveiled this morning in Washington, suggests nearly $2.5 trillion in spending reductions over the next ten years, including $330 billion in discretionary spending cuts — like the elimination of $210 million in general assistance to the District of Columbia and a $150 million subsidy for WMATA.

According to Slate’s Dave Weigel, the committee appears to realize that these cuts would be pretty rough for a town and a transit system that are both already struggling financially — but that the need for spending reduction trumps.

“My son went to school here, so I know what a great system [Metro] is,” Weigel quotes Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), “but everything’s on the table.”

Aside from the Metro cuts, the proposal also includes some really deep cuts to Amtrak, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The plan also includes a 15 percent overall decrease in the federal workforce over the next decade and a five-year freeze on pay increases. The Republican Study Committee includes 165 members of the House Republican majority, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia.