WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is reviving his border wall fight, preparing a new budget that will seek $8.6 billion for the U.S-Mexico barrier while imposing steep spending cuts to other domestic programs and setting the stage for another fiscal battle.
1 / 2In this March 6, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The federal budget deficit is ballooning on Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. And the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting deals decades ago has disappeared. That’s the reality that will greet Trump’s latest budget, which probably will promptly be shelved after it’s received by Congress on Monday.
Vought said the administration has"prioritized reining in reckless Washington spending" and shows"we can return to fiscal sanity." The plan sticks to budget caps that both parties have routinely broken in recent years and promises to come into balance in 15 years, relying in part on economic growth that may be uncertain.
The administration will invest more than $80 billion for veterans services, a nearly 10 percent increase from current levels, including"significant" investments in rehabilitation, employment assistance and suicide prevention. White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Trump's budget"points a steady glide path" toward lower spending and borrowing as a share of the nation's economy. He also told"Fox News Sunday" that there was no reason to"obsess" about deficits, and expressed confidence that economic growth would top 3 percent in 2019 and beyond. Others have predicted lower growth.
Along with border wall money, the proposed budget will also increase funding to increase the"manpower" of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Customs and Border Patrol at a time when many Democrats are calling for cuts — or even the elimination — of those areas. The budget also proposes policy changes to end sanctuary cities, the administration said.
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