Pelosi: Trump budget a 'slap in the face' | TheHill
By Mike Lillis - 03/16/17 12:15 PM EDT 38 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hammered the Trump administration's new budget proposal on Thursday, framing the president's federal spending blueprint as an immoral demolition of government that's doomed in Congress. "I don't see how this budget can survive the light of day," Pelosi said during a press briefing in the Capitol. "This budget is really a slap in the face of the future." Unveiled earlier in the day, Trump's 2018 budget outline attempts to make good on the president's campaign promise to boost the military and border security efforts while dramatically shrinking domestic programs across almost all other agencies. The proposed reductions include a 31 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency, 28 percent to the State Department, 18 percent to the Health and Human Services Department and 16 percent to the Army Corps of Engineers.Read full article from Pelosi: Trump budget a 'slap in the face' | TheHill
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