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White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney has said that plans to slash social programmes are designed to increase economic growth to 3% and put "taxpayers first." White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney has said that plans to slash social programmes are designed to increase economic growth to 3% and put "taxpayers first."
Eric Ueland, Republican staff director, Senate Budget Committee holds a copy of President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget, before distributing them to congressional staffers on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. less Eric Ueland, Republican staff director, Senate Budget Committee holds a copy of President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget, before distributing them to congressional staffers on Capitol Hill in ... more Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks about President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal 2018 federal budget in the Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 23, 2017.
Top officials in President Donald Trump 's Cabinet are heading to Capitol Hill to defend his plans to cut domestic programs and parry Democratic criticism of his tax proposals. Budget Director Mick Mulvaney appears Wednesday before the House Budget panel while Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will testify at the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee .
Trump budget hard on 'forgotten' rural American supporters Trump's budget could be punishing for the rural, working-class voters who overwhelmingly supported him Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2rQU26R WASHINGTON - Sen. Al Franken, the former comedian from Minnesota, had a not-so-funny response to President Trump's first budget that relies on deep cuts to the nation's health care and safety-net programs: "This piece of legislation is cruel," said Franken, who co-chairs the Senate rural health caucus. It could be particularly punishing for the rural, working-class voters who overwhelmingly supported Trump, according to a USA TODAY review.
To the Trump team, the president's budget proposal is rooted in unassailable values: respect for the people "who are actually paying the taxes," as White House budget director Mick Mulvaney puts it. In President Trump's $4.1 trillion fiscal 2018 budget plan, released Tuesday, that approach translates into deep cuts in social safety-net programs that Mr. Mulvaney suggests discourage work and hinder economic growth.
Most presidents' budgets are "dead on arrival" in Congress. It happened to Barack Obama and George W. Bush , and there are those who hope it happens to President Donald Trump .
Another senior Republican lawmaker, Fred Upton of Michigan, questioned inclusion of money for Trump's border wall, remarking: "I thought Mexico was going to pay for the wall, why is this in our budget?" House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin dismissed such criticism as typical rhetoric and praised the budget because it balances over 10 years. Independent economists say the budget relies on unrealistic projections of economic growth, but Ryan sidestepped that question, saying faster growth would "help so many of our problems."
President Donald Trump would dramatically reduce the U.S. government's role in society with $3.6 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years in a budget plan that shrinks the safety net for the poor, recent college graduates and farmers. Trump's proposal, to be released Tuesday, claims to balance the budget within a decade.
President Donald Trump is proposing to balance the federal budget within a decade by making sharp cuts to social safety-net programs like food stamps and Medicaid and offering optimistic estimates of economic growth and tax revenues to fulfill the promise of a government back in the black. Tuesday's budget blueprint faces a skeptical reception from Congress, where Republicans and Democrats oppose Trump proposals to cut domestic agencies and foreign aid by 10 percent and are recoiling from a $1.7 trillion cut over the coming decade from mandatory government benefit programs.
Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly will extend amnesty to approximately 60,000 Haitians for an additional six months, government officials announced Monday. Temporary Protected Status was given to Haitians in the U.S. after the 2010 earthquake that hit the Caribbean nation.
President Donald Trump's budget would drive millions of people off of food stamps, part of a new wave of spending cut proposals that already are getting panned by lawmakers in both parties on Capitol Hill. Trump's blueprint for the 2018 budget year comes out Tuesday.
President Donald Trump's budget would drive millions of people off of food stamps, part of a new wave of spending cut proposals that already are getting panned by lawmakers in both parties on Capitol Hill. Trump's blueprint for the 2018 budget year comes out Tuesday.
President Donald Trump's budget hasn't been released yet, but that's not stopping some of Capitol Hill's most important Republicans from giving it a cold shoulder. Trump's blueprint for the 2018 budget year comes out Tuesday, and it's certain to include a wave of cuts to benefit programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, federal employee pensions and farm subsidies.
President Donald Trump's 2018 budget proposal will require states to provide paid family leave programs, a senior budget official said Thursday. The official said the budget - set to be released Tuesday - will include a plan to provide six weeks of paid leave to new mothers, fathers and adoptive parents.
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., on Wednesday introduced legislation that would eliminate workers compensation for members of Congress who have been convicted of a crime related to their public office. According to recent media reports, the bill is a response to a situation involving former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill.
Legislative negotiations on finalizing budget targets are getting down to the nitty-gritty. All sides have been reaching out to the public and the media in soliciting support for their proposals.
Social Security can't even give a ballpark estimate for how much fraud there is in the program, a top official admitted to Congress on Wednesday - though he insisted they care about the matter and are working to weed out bogus payments, particularly in disability payments. Sean Brune, assistant deputy commissioner at the Social Security Administration's budget office, said they're trying to become more aware of the problems and looking for new tools to fight back, but said he couldn't guess at how bad the problem is.
A new Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report examined the state and local tax contributions of young immigrants eligible for DACA and found that, collectively, they annually contribute $2 billion in state and local taxes, but this number would drop by nearly half without DACA protection. The Trump Administration has sent mixed signals on whether it intends to honor the DACA executive order in the long term.
Congress is facing a string of deadlines that set up a number of fights for the rest of President Trump's first year in office. When lawmakers return on Washington from a two-week recess, they'll have just five days to pass a funding measure to prevent the government from shutting down on April 29. Lawmakers are locked in talks, with GOP leaders eager to show they can govern pledging to avoid a shutdown just 100 days into the Trump administration.
To those who do not want immigrants or refugees in Peterborough for fear that they will use "our funds": I say immigrants make us stronger. Consider that most refugees/ undocumented immigrants are younger than the average age of 48 in Peterborough, that most jobs they do pay less than jobs that Americans have, that they pay taxes , but do not collect Social Security, that they are often professionals who work in jobs far below their educational training.