President Donald Trump’s first budget calls for mammoth cuts to programs that benefit everyone from farmers to the poor to offset a boost to the Pentagon. Even Red State Trump supporters aren’t spared, say CQ Roll Call’s agriculture reporter Ellyn Ferguson and environmental reporter Elvina Nawaguna.
Show Notes:
- Agriculture Secretary Says He’ll Push for More Wildfire Funding
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– See more at: https://www.rollcall.com/page/search?keyword=budget&advanced=false&sort=relevance#sthash.AaRqUVxW.dpuf
- Senate Strategy on House Health Care Bill: That’s Not Ours
- Capitol Ink | New Math
[Analysis] Trump Budget Could Aid GOP on Taxes and Entitlements ($) https://t.co/L19BKjRWZp via @PaulKrawzak #CQonBudget pic.twitter.com/kp2JE6WEbz
— CQ Now (@CQnow) May 24, 2017
Mulvaney Spars With Senators Over New Curbs on Medicaid Growth ($) https://t.co/DhKiwczXQH via @JenniferShutt pic.twitter.com/BVye3rA4Bl
— CQ Now (@CQnow) May 25, 2017
OMB Director Mick Mulvaney arrives at the Senate Budget Committee to testify on Trump administration’s fiscal 2018 budget request. pic.twitter.com/1ZmpSiq5sT
— Jennifer Shutt (@JenniferShutt) May 25, 2017
Trump’s Budget and Its Math Run Into Bipartisan Buzzsaw, reports @RyanMcCrimmon https://t.co/WhIqyOv3BK pic.twitter.com/ZNBSZOvahC
— Jennifer Shutt (@JenniferShutt) May 24, 2017
