Posted on 02/08/2018 10:05:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The budget agreement reached by the Republican House and Republican Senate would increase spending over $500 billion over the next two years. It does not appear to cut a penny from domestic spending; in fact, along with military increases, it increases domestic spending by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Basically, what happened is that the Democrats held military spending hostage so that they not only protected all their favorite spending programs but got huge increases for them.
According to outlines of the budget plan circulated by congressional aides, existing spending caps would be raised by a combined $296 billion through 2019. The agreement includes an additional $160 billion in uncapped funding for overseas military and State Department operations, and about $90 billion more would be spent on disaster aid for victims of recent hurricanes and wildfires.
Some of the funding is reserved for programs favored by lawmakers of both parties: research conducted by the National Institutes of Health, for instance, as well as transportation and water infrastructure. The Children’s Health Insurance Program would be extended through 2028, and the federal fund for community health centers would see a two-year extension.
We have over 20 trillion dollars in debt. Is the NIH really a national priority? Is "transportation," whatever that is, really a vital priority, or "water infrastructure," whatever that is? Why does CHIP need to be authorized for 10 years? Is the Department of Defense being funded for 10 years? Is the border wall?
The deal would also obviate the need to raise the debt ceiling until after the 2018 elections. How convenient. The debt ceiling votes are needed to keep government spending in check, but are now being done away with.
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Only in DC can a 20% increase be considered a cut.
He needs to challenge McConnell on spending and the wall.
Or veto it and get his shutdown.
I hear it coming: Dems say tax cuts don’t work just like when Reagan cut taxes. Why, because all politicians are spending addicts. Watch the deficit grow.
I hear it coming: Dems say tax cuts don’t work just like when Reagan cut taxes. Why, because all politicians are spending addicts. Watch the deficit grow.
Doesn’t matter which element of the Republican party [RINO’s, moderates or whatever] is responsible, the mid-terms are likely to reflect the base’s disgust with the whole label and put Nancy and Chuck back in power because, with rare exceptions, having Republicans in charge means new boss, same as old boss. Trump needs to focus on getting judges approved since that will likely be his legacy in 5 years.
How about Planned Parenthood?
RE: How about Planned Parenthood?
No mention of either the Wall or Planned parenthood.
Which means (to me):
1) Planned Parenthood gets funded still
2) No budget for the Wall.
Trump should veto this when it gets to his desk.
The fricking wall has NOTHING to do with DACA.
They don’t actually want to.
Didn’t you hear he wants a Trillion to rebuild our infrastructure. I never heard him running on cutting spending and I was at his Raleigh pre-election Rally!
Oh yeah well from what I read giving in on DACA he gets a Wall, ends chain migration and the Visa Lottery. At least that is what I have read supposibly coming from Trumps lips.
Dems take you toward the wall at 90mph. RINO’s take you at 60mph. That’s the only difference.
It’s McConnell’s agenda with the budgets.
Trump's EO on DACA has been put on hold by a Federal Judge. The Administration has asked the Supreme Court to uphold his EO but that won't happen until April. DACA does not end in March.
It is what he wants, it is not what Ryan and Mitch want. Big difference.
Well then residence says he can ignore the courts just like obunghole did and got away with it!
I think that will be Trumps 1st Veto then.
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