GOP budget chair dismisses Trump's plan as 'just a list of suggestions'

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By Josh Israel -February 10, 2020 5:15 PM

Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi noted the 'power of the purse rests with Congress.'

A key Senate Republican is already dismissing Donald Trump's proposed fiscal year 2021 budget, hours after it was released.

The $4.8 trillion proposal has so far received bipartisan criticism for its cuts to the social safety net and other major programs and for its massive increases to the national debt.

Republican Sen. Mike Enzi (WY), chair of the Senate Budget Committee, specifically said in a statement Monday that Trump's proposal will likely go nowhere, waving off his wishlist items as merely "suggestions."

Presidents' budgets are a reflection of Administration priorities, but in the end, they are just a list of suggestions, as the power of the purse rests with Congress," Enzi wrote. "Bipartisan consensus will be necessary to bring our debt and deficits under control. I hope to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to put our country on a more sustainable fiscal course."

Though Trump ran on promises of balanced budgets and elimination of the entire national debt by 2024, the deficit has grown to $1 trillion annually and the national debt is at a historic high. A senior administration official told Fox Business on Sunday that even if the economy stays strong, this budget proposal will not lead to a balanced budget until 2035.

https://americanindependent.com/mike-enzi-donald-trump-budget-senate-gop-republicans-social-security-wyoming/

Hey Eniz, since you come from a libertarian state and since I use to live there, many years ago, your full of shit..............................did you vote to "NOT" impeach your fuhrer leader........yepper.................that says everything about your character..............and your fucking leader asshole thinks that the US is his personal bank.......why don't you just ask the Secret Service to give the public documents on what they are spending on trumpseter rooms.....................FU..........................

November 3 2020 cannot get here fast enough...................

[Wellstone ruled]

1. As mentioned before.

The Budget starts in the House,so all this Grand Standing by the Orange Anus and his cover up artist's in Congress,mean diddly.

The Speaker of the House set the parameters in consultation with the Budget Committee Chairs.

[SCantiGOP]

2. Every repub is Congress

can see ads against them using Trump's deep cuts to the safety net programs that he promised to protect.

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3. Quiet, Mikey; you want a mean tweet? Because Donald will GIVE you a mean tweet!

Or are you just trying to outrun the stink of this budget fart? Trump's will is now the will of all Republicans everywhere, Senator Enzi. Get with the program.

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4. All it will take is one tweet from trump and enzi will roll over and show his belly.

He's full of convictions until daddy gives him the look, and then he'll pee on the carpet and his tail will return to between his legs.

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5. All of us know the GOP pos is lying