US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

17 Oct 2018

McConnell Calls For Cutting Government Programs To Deal With ‘Disturbing’ Debt

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called on Congress to rein in major government programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in order to slow America’s spiraling national debt on Tuesday, ignoring the fact the tax plan he recently passed has fueled further growth in that number.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called on Congress to rein in major government programs like Medicare,...
7 Jun 2018

Trump seeks to reorganize the federal government

The report, set to be released in the coming weeks by the White House Office of Management and Budget, seeks to move safety-net programs, including food stamps, into HHS, two sources with knowledge of the plan told POLITICO. The plan would also propose changing the name of the sprawling department, while separately seeking cuts at the U.S. Agency for nternational Development and the State Department.
The report, set to be released in the coming weeks by the White House Office of Management and Budget,...
12 Feb 2018

White House Proposes $4.4 Trillion Budget That Adds $7 Trillion to Deficits

President Trump on Monday sent Congress a $4.4 trillion budget with steep cuts in domestic programs and entitlements, including Medicare, and large increases for the military, envisioning deficits totaling at least $7.1 trillion over the next decade. The blueprint, which has little to no chance of being enacted as written, amounts to a vision statement by Mr. Trump, whose plan discards longtime  Republican orthodoxy about balancing the budget, instead embracing last year’s $1.5 trillion tax cut and new spending on a major infrastructure initiative.
President Trump on Monday sent Congress a $4.4 trillion budget with steep cuts in domestic programs and...

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