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Trump's Budget Aims for Balance Through Steep Cuts, Growth

  • Sharp cuts in Medicaid, farm subsidies face stiff opposition
  • Fiscal 2018 spending plan to be sent to Congress next week
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Trump Budget Proposes Deep Cuts to Social Programs

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President Donald Trump will send to Congress a proposal for balancing the federal budget within 10 years through deep cuts to discretionary and safety net spending, according to a U.S. official.

The budget proposal for fiscal 2018 is scheduled to be delivered to lawmakers on Tuesday. It would expand greatly on an outline the White House sent to Congress in March calling for $54 billion in domestic spending cuts in the coming fiscal year.