The Trump administration’s first budget proposal this month will not include any specific changes to the tax code or big programs like Medicare and Social Security, an administration official said, A focusing instead on boosting A defense spending and cutting other programs that are annually authorized by Congress. This budget proposal is expected to be released around March 16. Other budget proposals will come at a later date, the Office of Management and Budget spokesperson official said.
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U.S. Senate Budget Committee Approves Mulvaney as Budget Director
Rep. Mick Mulvaney testifies before a Senate Budget Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination of to be director of the Office of Management and Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria – … The U.S. Senate Budget Committee on Thursday voted to confirm Republican Representative Mick Mulvaney to serve as White House budget director under President Donald Trump.
Budget nominee Mulvaney to face questions about Trumpa s plan for tax cuts and spending
Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina is slated to testify on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in his confirmation hearing to become the nation’s budget director, likely facing questions about how President Trump’s promise of big tax cuts and public works projects fits with his own hand-line stance on government spending. Mulvaney, who will appear before the Senate budget committee, would bring a stridently hawkish voice to the Office of Management and Budget in an administration that is disproportionately made up of business executives with little to no experience in government.