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Trump battle for spending cuts begins in the Senate
Posted on: January 23, 2017 at 09:02:19 CT
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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/315537-trump-gop-set-to-battle-on-spending-cuts
Donald Trump may be headed into a big fight with Republican lawmakers with his plans for dramatic cuts to federal spending.
Trump transition officials are combing through conservative budgets to find ways to save money in an effort to get rid of the “tremendous waste, fraud and abuse” that Trump pledged to eliminate during the campaign.
Many of the proposals that Trump’s team are reviewing would gain support from a majority of conservative House Republicans, who have sought to cut the federal deficit by scrapping government programs they view as unnecessary.
But some of Trump’s targets have fans in the GOP-controlled Congress, particularly in the Senate.
Trump's team is working with the Office of Management and Budget to lay the groundwork for the new administration’s initial budget proposal, which is expected to reach Congress in the next 45 days.
In their search for savings, Team Trump is relying on proposals outlined last year by the Heritage Foundation in its “Blueprint for Balance: a federal budget for 2017.”
Many of the cuts hew closely to the fiscal year 2017 budget plan adopted by the Republican Study Committee (RSC), a caucus that represents a majority of House Republicans. Incoming Trump budget director, Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), is an RSC member.....
Donald Trump may be headed into a big fight with Republican lawmakers with his plans for dramatic cuts to federal spending.
Trump transition officials are combing through conservative budgets to find ways to save money in an effort to get rid of the “tremendous waste, fraud and abuse” that Trump pledged to eliminate during the campaign.
Many of the proposals that Trump’s team are reviewing would gain support from a majority of conservative House Republicans, who have sought to cut the federal deficit by scrapping government programs they view as unnecessary.
But some of Trump’s targets have fans in the GOP-controlled Congress, particularly in the Senate.
Trump's team is working with the Office of Management and Budget to lay the groundwork for the new administration’s initial budget proposal, which is expected to reach Congress in the next 45 days.
In their search for savings, Team Trump is relying on proposals outlined last year by the Heritage Foundation in its “Blueprint for Balance: a federal budget for 2017.”
Many of the cuts hew closely to the fiscal year 2017 budget plan adopted by the Republican Study Committee (RSC), a caucus that represents a majority of House Republicans. Incoming Trump budget director, Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), is an RSC member.....
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