Donald Trump Budget

• U.S. Senate passes budget deal, averting prospect of government shutdown

  The legislation passed by a 67-28 vote as Trump and his GOP allies relied on lots of Democratic votes to propel it over the finish line.

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  Aug 1, 2019
  
• Donald Trump’s budget to request big funds for border wall, Space Force

  For the first time, Trump plans to stick with the strict spending caps imposed years ago, even though lawmakers have largely avoided them with new budget deals.

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  Mar 9, 2019
  
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• Fact check: Donald Trump claims war money should have been spent on infrastructure

  President Donald Trump is bemoaning the loss of trillions of dollars "stupidly" spent by the U.S. in the Middle East, but could that money have really gone to infrastructure spending?

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  Feb 12, 2018
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• Donald Trump’s proposed budget seeks increased funding for border wall, military

  U.S. President Donald Trump proposed a budget on Monday that calls for cuts in domestic programs and seeks a sharp increase in military spending and funding for a wall on the Mexican border.

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  Feb 12, 2018
• Donald Trump partners with Democrats on debt limit in rare bipartisan deal

  Donald Trump briskly overruled congressional Republicans and his own treasury secretary to cut a deal with Democrats to keep the government operating.

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  Sep 6, 2017
• Donald Trump budget cuts could hurt many who voted for him

  Donald Trump’s proposals to slash federal aid to the poor, the sick and people living in rural areas reflect conservatives' demands for a smaller federal government but target many of the very people who voted for him last November.

  Politics

  May 23, 2017
• Trump budget will slash government spending by $3.6 trillion over next decade

  While the budget is not expected to survive on Capitol Hill, the proposal makes radical cuts to government assistance to low-income Americans.

  Politics

  May 23, 2017
• Trump administration proposing $4.1 trillion budget to Congress

  President Donald Trump is sending Congress a $4.1 trillion spending plan that relies on faster economic growth and steep cuts in a range of support programs for low-income individuals to balance the government's books over the next decade.

  Politics

  May 23, 2017
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• Donald Trump facing big budget battle with fellow Republicans

  President Donald Trump's budget hasn't been released yet, but that's not stopping some of Capitol Hill's most important Republicans from giving it a cold shoulder.

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  May 21, 2017
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• Donald Trump eyes $18B in medical research, infrastructure cuts to pay for wall he said Mexico would be on hook for

  Like President Donald Trump's 2018 budget, which was panned by both Democrats and Republicans earlier this month, the proposals have little chance to be enacted.

  Politics

  Mar 28, 2017