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Trump budget request triggers clash with Congress

CQ Budget Podcast, Episode 102

Copies of President Donald Trump’s budget for Fiscal Year 2020 are prepared for distribution at the Government Publishing Office in Washington. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By David Lerman and Doug Sword

Posted March 11, 2019 at 6:35pm

President Donald Trump’s $4.7 trillion budget plan for fiscal 2020 would increase defense while cutting nondefense programs and intensifying the fight over a border wall. He’s in for a big fight, as CQ’s tax and budget reporter Doug Sword explains.

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