[DesertRhino]

I’m not sure I understand this. It says Congress appropriated money to the state department that President Trump did not want. My understanding is the Congress can appropriate money, but that the president is not required to spend anything appropriated. I thought his main limit was that he couldn’t spend money that was not appropriated, but not that he is forced to spend everything appropriated.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Fedzilla always wants to grow, its minions in Congress are there to protect and feed Fedzilla.

[Lakewood]

My personal solution, which I wish the President would do, but won’t, is the veto every spending bill until we have a balanced budget. It won’t work because there would be too much pain for Congress to accept and they would eventually override the veto.

My next best personal solution is to have enough states to call an Article 5 convention and pass three measures: Term Limits, Balanced Budget (with teeth), and repeal of 17th Amendment.

We’ll have a socialist government before any of that happens. Yes, I’m a pessimist.

[Mr. K]

Implement THE PENNY PLAN!

Only make it the TWO PENNY plan

Go on TV and say you are ordering each department to cut 1%.

Let them try to say that is so horrible!

[unlearner]

Slash it by 110%.

Shut it down and tax the pensions an extra 10%.

[Carriage Hill]

State Dept = ¼ of The Deep State & Swamp.

[Da Coyote]

90% reduction or nothing.
The U.S. State Department...a greater collection of worthlessness exists only in Mos Eisley.

[Go Gordon]

“For the third year in a row, the President’s foreign affairs budget request is dead on arrival,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said. "Even though the Administration doesn’t seem to get the message, it bears repeating: at a time when the United States is facing crises across the globe, investing in diplomacy and development advances American interests, values, and security.”

I agree 100%. Take the $14 billion difference, and give it to Mexico to build a wall on its Northern border. Hence, Mexico will be paying for the wall.

[bray]

Second President in our lifetime to actually fight for the workers.