The White House on Friday morning unveiled the “skinny” version of its budget proposal for the next fiscal year.
In a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine), Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought announced that the president’s budget would reduce base nondefense discretionary budget authority by 22.6 percent, cutting spending levels by $163 billion.
Vought touted what he called a “historic” investment of $175 billion in funding for the Department of Homeland Security to implement Trump’s mass deportation and plans to secure the border.
On the defense side, the administration proposes to increase funding by 13 percent, bringing the total to just over $1 trillion. Vought also touted what he called a “historic” investment of $175 billion in funding for the Department of Homeland Security to implement Trump’s mass deportations and plans to secure the border.
Read the details here.
