Dollar Value of DOGE Cuts to US Federal Grant Programs by Congressional District [OC]

**Sources**:

119th Congressional District boundaries from the US Census Bureau here: [https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html](https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html)

DOGE “Wall of Receipts” data downloaded using the DOGE API found here: [https://api.doge.gov/docs](https://api.doge.gov/docs)

Location/additional grant information accessed using the USA Spending API, documentation found here: [https://api.usaspending.gov/](https://api.usaspending.gov/)

**Process:**

When downloading the DOGE data, most of the grant information is removed, including the location of the recipient and the place of performance. DOGE does provide a permalink to the corresponding grant in USA Spending. I used R to download all the DOGE cancelled grants with the DOGE API, then I used the USA Spending API and the permalink provided by DOGE to match each individual DOGE cancellation with its extended information, like place of performance or recipient type. Map was made in ArcGIS Pro. This map includes only cancelled grants, not cancelled leases or contracts.

DOGE has managed to make a congressional district out of the Great Lakes.

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A few suggestions:

1. Make the “no data” color something very different as it is currently difficult to distinguish between the lowest bracket and the no data counties. You have the entire rainbow to work with.

2. Is there a particular point you are trying to make with this? My mind is trying to make some geographical or political story out of this. If that is what you’re trying to do, perhaps a companion plot showing partisan lean or current house representation. Or maybe a scatter plot of partisan lean vs DOGE cuts. I could come up with a dozen more, but you get the picture- show us what you’re trying to show us.

3. I am curious about base rates here. The absolute monetary value matters, but there may be some skew if there is an underlying unbalance in grant funding. It would be interesting to see this same plot as a percentage of funding cut.

Research triangle park getting gutted cause science is for losers

Swing populations in swing states.

So maybe it was a bad time to buy a house in RTP?

I think the MN CD7 cuts of planned Parenthood is more than a million. It was $250k just to set up the one in Alexandria. This data seems very conservative. (Small c conservative)

I live next to UCSD. It’s a bloodbath up there.

What is going on in northern Nevada… what got cut up there?

Super interesting map! Are you taking the DOGE “data” at face value? If so, a better title would probably be “claimed DOGE cuts,” given how many have been shown to be bogus or overstated.

My county had a grant to remove dying trees and replace them. They made decent progress until the grant was revoked. Additionally, they had a grant to replace a lot of the dated technology used in the police department and that grant was revoked.
[Source](https://hometownnewsnow.com/local-news/789975)

$0 and No Data should be more distinct.

Manhattan is completely covered by the thick gray state outline. I was hoping to see if NYC is as dark as Boston.

Love this, as a fish in Lake Michigan I’m glad my vote counted.

Also what year are these from and which chatbot hallucinated the congressional districts in Pennsylvania?

Also trying to wrap my brain around your corner of Indiana and Ohio, that’s totally factual! Great job.

One county in NC got screwed. Can someone explain