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House sets aside Trump's biggest budget cuts
BY NIV ELIS - 09/16/17 02:29 PM EDT
The House this week quietly pushed aside some of the most controversial proposals in President Trump’s budget request.
Trump’s proposal, released in May, was a jaw-dropping document, containing cuts to programs and agencies unlike anything seen in decades. The administration touted the document as “A New Foundation for American Greatness.”
The blueprint called for slashing budgets at major government agencies, plus cutting funds from the National Weather Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts, among other things. But many of those proposed cuts were reduced or absent altogether on Thursday as the House passed a $1.2 trillion government-funding package.
The package contains significant cuts to government programs, though not nearly as deep as what the Trump administration had recommended.
“I would say that the bill reflects conservatives’ priorities pretty well, as indicated by the fact that only a small number of Republicans [14] voted against it,” said Molly Reynolds, a governance studies expert at the Brookings Institution.
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http://thehill.com/policy/finance/350948-house-sets-aside-trumps-biggest-budget-cuts
