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The Velveteen Ocelot

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4. Trump's budget is just a proposal.

Reply to monmouth4 (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 01:14 PM

Mar 2017

Actual budgets are created and approved by Congress, and this one will not go through as written.

Taking the ax to the Environmental Protection Agency or to State Department aid programs may excite Mr. Trump’s supporters, but he is unlikely to succeed to the extent he would like.

His budget is simply a starting point and any cuts would have to be made through the congressional appropriations process. Though in the minority, Democrats retain significant leverage in crafting that legislation and can block bills they oppose in the Senate.

“Enacting appropriations law — as opposed to proposing nonbinding budget resolutions — will likely require Democratic votes,” Representative Nita Lowey of New York, the senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, noted tartly on Monday. It is doubtful cuts of the kind being proposed will fly.

More:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/us/politics/trumps-budget-is-aspirational-reality-in-congress-will-change-it.html

But even the fact that he, probably with the "help" of Steve Bannon, proposed these cuts shows you what an evil bastard he is.

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I really need to re-think my being grateful for many things. I just read a horror story of how [View all] monmouth4 Mar 2017 OP

republicans are political bullies...they prey on those who can't defend themselves. spanone Mar 2017 #1

Meals program is so important. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #2

"Die quickly" comes back again and again, doesn't it eleny Mar 2017 #8

Volunteered in the poorest neighborhood, Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #13

Having worked in Human Svcs for the better part of 30 years this rings true eleny Mar 2017 #16

Agree. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #18

Good point regarding True Dough Mar 2017 #3

I had a man tell me one time he really didn't like the food all that much but the woman who monmouth4 Mar 2017 #6

I wish Donald Trump was that man True Dough Mar 2017 #14

Trump's budget is just a proposal. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #4

But they will pit it against something that is... coco22 Mar 2017 #9

I agree - Proposing this and their becoming bargaining chips is beyond description eleny Mar 2017 #11

I don't know how anyone could be so evil as to go after the most vulnerable in smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #5

Agree on all you say..n/t monmouth4 Mar 2017 #7

drumpf is all about making the very wealthiest wealthier and democratisphere Mar 2017 #10

That sums his character up quite well. mnhtnbb Mar 2017 #17

This is a calculated risk the Trumpteam is making. Fla Dem Mar 2017 #12

We should measure military equipment in Meals-on-Wheels equivalents. alarimer Mar 2017 #15

WIC via the Department of Agricultue is also taking a big hit with his proposed budget. 33taw Mar 2017 #19

Yep. That Meals on Wheels program has been bankrupting the country world wide wally Mar 2017 #20

When we began caring for my father in law mountain grammy Mar 2017 #21

So nice to hear that. The man I spoke to was a hoot. He loved his MOW ladies..n/t monmouth4 Mar 2017 #22

on the bright side. he will kill reaganism. pansypoo53219 Mar 2017 #23

The pre-Tea Party GOP in Congress are bad - but still ground in some reality salin Mar 2017 #24